Predation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predation \Pre*da"tion\, n. [L. praedatio, fr. praedari to
     plunder.]
     The act of pillaging. --E. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  predation
       n 1: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding [syn: {depredation}]
       2: the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey