Depredate /(?)/

Dep·re·date

Depredate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating

  1. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
    It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.

Depredate

v. i.
  1. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.