depredation
/ˌdeprɪˈdeɪʃən/noun
(一般作depredations)
- an act of attacking or plundering破坏; 损害; 蹂躏; 掠夺, 劫掠：
protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice.
保护粮食不受鼠类糟蹋。
词源
late 15th cent. （in the sense 'plundering， robbery'， (plural) 'ravages'）： from French déprédation, from late Latin depraedatio（n-）, from depraedari 'plunder'.