depredation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
depredation /ˌdɛprɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun (usu. depredations) an act of attacking or plundering.
– origin C15: from Fr. déprédation, from late L. depraedatio(n-), from depraedari ‘to plunder’.
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