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depredation

1. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
2. A raid or predatory attack

#:Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brice%27s_Crossroads)

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