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depredation
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 depredation
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding.
synoniem: predation.
Roget 791:
stealing
etc.
v.;
theft,
thievery,
latrociny†,
direption†;
abstraction,
appropriation;
plagiary,
plagiarism;
autoplagiarism†;
latrocinium†.
spoliation,
plunder,
pillage;
sack,
sackage†;
rapine,
brigandage,
foray,
razzia†,
rape,
depredation,
raid;
blackmail.
piracy,
privateering,
buccaneering;
license to plunder,
letters of marque,
letters of mark and reprisal.
filibustering,
filibusterism†;
burglary;
housebreaking;
badger game [Slang].
robbery,
highway robbery,
hold-up [U.S.],
mugging.
peculation,
embezzlement;
fraud
etc.
545;
larceny,
petty larceny,
grand larceny,
shoplifting.
thievishness,
rapacity,
kleptomania,
Alsatia†,
den of Cacus,
den of thieves.
blackmail,
extortion,
shakedown,
Black Hand [U.S.].
[person who commits theft]
thief
etc.
792.
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Nederlands: plundering, rooftocht
2 depredation
usually plural A destructive action:
— The depredations of age and disease.
synoniem: ravage.
Nederlands: verwoesting
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