/pri day"sheuhn/ , n.
1. depredation; plundering.
2. act of plundering or robbing.
3. predatory behavior.
4. a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others.
[ 1425-75; late ME praedation- (s. of praedatio ) a taking of booty, plundering, equiv. to praedat ( us ), ptp. of praedari to plunder, catch (see PREDATOR) + -ion- ]