Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun predation

2 senses of predation

Sense 1
depredation, predation -- (an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding)
       => plundering, pillage, pillaging -- (the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors")

Sense 2
predation -- (the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey)
       => hunt, hunting -- (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)