Scrabble?! DEPREDATES

Definitions of DEPREDATES in various dictionaries:

Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold a location but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to enemy forces being able to respond in a coordinated manner or formulate a counter-attack. A raiding group may consist of combatants specially trained in this tactic, such as commandos, or as a special mission assigned to any general troops. Raids are often a standard tactic in irregular warfare, employed by warriors, guerrilla fighters or other irregular military forces. Some raids are large, for example the Sullivan Expedition. The purposes of a raid may include: to demoralize, confuse or exhaust the enemy to ransack, pillage or plunder to destroy specific goods or installations of military or economic value to free POWs to capture enemy soldiers for interrogation to kill or capture specific key persons to gat