Noun: predation pri'dey-shun
- The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
"The documentary captured footage of predation in the African savanna"
- An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
"The village suffered from frequent predations by bandits";
- depredation
Derived forms: predations
Type of: hunt, hunting, pillage, pillaging, plundering
Encyclopedia: Predation