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depredation

[dep-ri-dey-shuhn] / ˌdɛp rɪˈdeɪ ʃən /


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That money will then be distributed by the state’s Wolf Depredation Control Board in the agreement with the Foundation for Wildlife Management, a hunting group that describes its mission as protecting deer and elk herds.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021

The chief cause of Public Depredation, 289 The different Classes detailed, 292, 293 By 3 and 4 William and Mary, c.

From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick

Depredation without authority, or transgression of authority given, by despoiling beyond its warrant.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir




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