verb (used with object), dep·re·dat·ed, dep·re·dat·ing.
- to plunder or lay waste to; prey upon; pillage; ravage.
verb (used without object), dep·re·dat·ed, dep·re·dat·ing.
- to plunder; pillage.
verb
- (tr) rare to plunder or destroy; pillage
1620s, from Latin depredatus, past participle of depraedare “to pillage, ravage” (see depredation).