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predation

pre.da.tion \pri-'da--sh*n\ n [L praedation-, praedatio, fr. praedatus, pp. 
   of praedari)X 1: the act of preying or plundering : DEPREDATION  2: a mode 
   of life in which food is primarily obtained by killing and consum ing 
   animals