(noun.) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding.
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双语例句
The loss of the sovereign, from the abuse and depredation of his tax-gatherers, would necessarily be much greater. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Repeated depredations on the frontiers had exasperated the inhabitants to such a degree, that they determined on revenge upon every Indian. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
On they came to the portals of Kulonga's hut, the very one in which Tarzan had wrought his depredations. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
I had often made depredations on these preserves; and the neglected state of the property facilitated my incursions. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.