Translation of "Depenar" in English

Tom disse que pode depenar um frango em menos de dez minutos.

Tom says he can pluck a chicken in less than ten minutes.

A arte da tributação consiste simplesmente em depenar o ganso de forma a obter tantas penas quanto possível, com a menor gritaria possível.

The art of taxation simply consists in plucking the goose in such a way as to get as many feathers as possible, with as little screaming as possible.