depredare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commandeer verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
Senses
depredare is used for these senses in English:
- commandeer (transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).
- depredate (ambitransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
commandeer — full definition
- verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
- verb To take over or take control of something without permission, not necessarily by force.
loot — full definition
- noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- verb To steal goods, typically during a war, riot, or other chaos.