The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be
consumed and depredated by the spirits.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of depredate English)
Usage examples of "depredating".
And they could not understand at all why no swift depredating graces nor any habit of long soft hooting belonged to that lady-bird.
More logically, he surmised, they were probably flying cover while they practiced other, more depredating activities to come, although he was hard-pressed to fathom what they might be.