depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

The depredator who is fortunate enough to escape the former, is seldom able to elude the latter.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir

"By the by, Miss Buff, have you discovered yet the depredator of your poultry-yard?"

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]

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

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.