predation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
    depredation.
  2. noun the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

WordNet

Pre*da"tion noun
Etymology
L. praedatio, fr. praedari to plunder.
Definitions
  1. The act of pillaging. E. Hall.

Webster 1913