1. to plunder, pillage, or lay waste to; to prey upon destructively
Usage: formal; often used in past participle form

Examples

• The ancient city was depredated by invading armies.
• Pirates depredated coastal towns for centuries.
• The forest had been depredated by illegal logging operations.
• Locusts depredated the crops across the entire region.
• The museum’s collection was depredated during the war.
• Bandits depredated merchant caravans along the trade route.