predone

predone

English

Etymology

    From 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[1]:
        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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