1. To plunder; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an enemy or of a foreign country by force; as, the army depredated the enemys country.
2. That kind of war which depredates and distresses individuals.
3. To prey upon; to waste; to spoil.
4. To devour; to destroy by eating; as, wild animals depredate the corn.
5. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.