Definitions for "Depredation"
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
The art or instance of robbing, plundering, or laying waste to a nest or clutch
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
The act of an animal capturing and eating other animals. This term is primarily used when referring to situations involving wolves or other carnivores killing or maiming domestic animals, such as livestock.
Refers to predation on domestic animals or animals that a predator would not normally encountered or killed in natural habitat.
The act of killing, damaging or consuming animals, crops or other agricultural resources.
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease"