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

As this was an article that could not be spared, Captain Ross sent a man from the ship, who pursued the depredator, and, with some difficulty, recovered it.

From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by Bingley, William

It was not long before the depredator of the night was there, and a lurid gleam stood out of his eyes.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John

But Monstri was not the only depredator who found the Gironde a fitting theatre for his piracy.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart