The depredations of the gangs terrified the neighborhood.是什么意思？

The depredations of the gangs terrified the neighborhood.

歹徒们的劫掠行为使街坊邻居惊恐万状.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

depredations

n. 劫掠，毁坏( depredation的名词复数 )；

例句
Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer...
任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

gangs

n. （罪犯有组织的）一帮( gang的名词复数 )，一伙，（闹事青少年的）一群，（工人有组织的）一队；

例句
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。

terrified

adj. 很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的；v. 使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle...
她吓坏了，于是拿了一支上了膛的步枪。

neighborhood

n. 地区，某地区的人，与某处邻近的地区，临近街坊；

例句
Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.
附近的孩子们从报纸上剪下他的照片，到哪儿都带着。