Depredate
Depredate , transitive verb
[Latin depraedatus, past participle 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.
Depredate , intransitive verb
To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.