predone

English

Etymology

pre- + done

Adjective

predone (comparative more predone, superlative most predone)

  1. Performed in advance.
  2. Worn out; exhausted.

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Italian

Noun

predone m (plural predoni)

  1. marauder
    Synonyms: predatore, pirata, bandito, squalo, avvoltoio, brigante
    • 2020 August 30, Federico Rampini, “Portland e quella violenza degli opposti estremismi che riporta l'America agli anni '60 [Portland and that violence of extremist opposites that is bringing America back to the 60's]”, in la Repubblica:
      C'è una piccola borghesia nera i cui negozi vengono svuotati da bande di predoni, nei quartieri dove le gang organizzate riempiono i vuoti lasciati dalla polizia in ritirata.
      There is a small black bourgeoisie whose stores are being emptied out by gangs of marauders, in the neighborhoods where organized gangs fill the gaps left by the police in retreat.

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