Not that they requite his indulgence with ingratitude, for they do not Depredate very flagrantly on his estate; but because their pilferings and misdeeds occasion loud murmurs in the village.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Fire-breathing, venomous once, they no longer now Depredate our Flocks and meadows and woods, fields of golden grain.
"Erotica Romana"
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Chickens Depredate warily about the doorsteps, and intent pigs emerge for plunder from the alleys.
"Last Words"
Stephen Crane