depredator
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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sight of her old neighbourly depredator shivering at the door in tatters, the very oddity of his appeal, touched a soft spot in the spinster’s heart.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"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 William Bingley
"By the by, Miss Buff, have you discovered yet the depredator of your poultry-yard?"
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
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