depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between these a constant stream of patrols is kept up, so that no depredator can do very much damage without detection.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various

"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

When the dog is first aware of the neighbourhood of the bear, he sets up a fearful howl, and men and dogs hasten to hunt down and destroy the depredator.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

This course punishes the innocent and rewards the guilty, because the property taken by the depredator is of more value than the slight percentage he loses.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various