depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Let me go, then, and follow me," replied the depredator, briefly, and in the same low tone that he had been addressed.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

It was against the grain to condemn her as all bad, a depredator, a woman with perverted moral sense who broke the law and did evil things.

From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur

For shame, O sinful depredator, O defrauder of the poor!'

From Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 by Pickthall, Marmaduke William

We watched for several following nights, but if Master Bruin had been the depredator, he was too wary to repeat his visits.

From With Axe and Rifle by Meyer, H.