As verbs the difference between deprive and depredate
is that
deprive is while
depredate is to ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
deprive English
Verb
( depriv)
To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
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* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
- If we had been deprived' of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be ' deprived of philosophy.
Derived terms
* depriver (agent noun)
Related terms
* deprivation
* private
* privation
* privy
Synonyms
* impoverish
Antonyms
* enrich
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depredate English
Verb
( depredat)
to ransack or plunder; to prey upon
* Francis Bacon
- It makes the substance of the body less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.
to engage in plundering
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