The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DEPREDATING
Verb
depredating
present participle of depredate
Source: Wiktionary
DEPREDATE
Dep"re*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating.] Etym: [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.]
Definition: 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. Bacon.
Dep"re*date, v. i.
Definition: To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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