depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 when Will declared their intention of watching that night for the depredator, her anger vanished in fear.

From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Great was the wonder which now rose as to who the depredator could be, and what motive he could possibly have had for acting so strange a part.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

The depredator was still brandishing the miserable instrument, which he had borrowed for the occasion of the fellow who cut the company's hair in the "Owl House."

From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)