depredation
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depredation
- An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
- 2003, The Living Elephants: Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, by R. Sukumar, page 299:
- Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
- 2003, The Living Elephants: Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, by R. Sukumar, page 299:
- A raid or predatory attack
- Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids.(Battle of Brice's Crossroads)
Translations [edit]
An act of consuming agricultural resources
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A raid or predatory attack
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