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Definition of Depredators
1. depredator [n] - See also: depredator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depredators
Literary usage of Depredators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essay on the Insects and Diseases Injurious to the Wheat Crops by Henry Youle Hind (1857)
"As every kind of information bearing upon the subject of wheat culture and wheat
depredators is of the utmost value in Canada, the following notices of ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... for the streets of London have ceased to be secure; crime is increasing, and
with crime the enormous cost of depredators and depredation. ..."
3. First Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire as to the Best Means by Great Britain (1839)
"The Magistrates of the division of Uxbridge state that the crimes within that
division are committed by depredators principally from the metropolis. ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The Constabulary Commissioners, who had access to the best sources of information,
made a return of the number of depredators and offenders against the law, ..."
5. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"His Proclamation against home depredators. He guards against similar attacks,
and for the present successfully. Gallant expedition of Col. ..."
6. First Report (1839)
"The Magistrates of the division of Uxbridge state that the crimes within that
division are committed by depredators princi-, pally from the metropolis. ..."
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