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predation

[ pri-dey-shuhn ]

noun

  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.


predation

/ ɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. a relationship between two species of animal in a community, in which one (the predator) hunts, kills, and eats the other (the prey)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of predation1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Latin پō-, stem of پō “a plundering,” from (ܲ) “plundered” (past participle of ī “to plunder, pillage”; predator ) + -ion ( def )
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But cat behaviors, such as their love of dairy and predation of wild birds, put them at higher risk, Kuchipudi said.

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As economist Paul Krugman wrote, "CFPB was created to protect Americans from financial predation, and has done a very good job of doing so. But now we have government of, by and for financial predators."

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It’s preceded by examples of a number of other powerful entertainers wielding their fame as cover for violent predations to fool you into thinking there’s little in this you haven’t already seen elsewhere.

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These ghouls straddle the line between romance and predation, and Eggers’ Orlok is no different.

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