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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
predation /prɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 Zoology the preying of one animal on others.

2 (usu. predations) an act of attacking or plundering.

– derivatives
predate verb.

– origin C15 (in the L. sense): from L. praedatio(n-) ‘taking of booty’, from praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.

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