depredation.

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Nothing of this kind is the case in an informal and illegitimate war, which is more properly called depredation.

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And, if the inhabitants of towns escape those horrors, they are liable to be murdered in a quiet way, and their property is exposed to every kind of depredation.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 Various