(adj) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey, Syn. ravening, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous, rapacious, Example:a predatory bird; the rapacious wolf; raptorial birds; ravening wolves; a vulturine taste for offal

marauder

(n) someone who attacks in search of booty, Syn. predator, vulture, piranha

precede

(v) come before, Syn. predate, Example:Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify

predaceous

(adj) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; ; - Peter S. Prescott; - W.E.Swinton, Syn. predacious, predatory, Example:predatory capitalists; a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal; a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster

ravage

(n) (usually plural) a destructive action, Syn. depredation, Example:the ravages of time; the depredations of age and disease

raven

(v) prey on or hunt for, Syn. prey, predate, Example:These mammals predate certain eggs

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Depredate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ] [ L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey. ] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depredate

v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depredation

n. [ L. depraedatio: cf. F. déprédation. ] The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depredator

n. [ L. depraedator. ] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depredatory

a. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predate

v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predation

n. [ L. praedatio, fr. praedari to plunder. ] The act of pillaging. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predatorily

adv. In a predatory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predatory

a. [ L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ] 1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. “A predatory war.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

捕食

[ほしょく, hoshoku] (n, vs) predation; eating prey; preying upon #10870

がめつい

[gametsui] (adj-i) greedy; grasping; predatory; calculating; avaricious

シファクティヌス;クシファクティヌス

[shifakuteinusu ; kushifakuteinusu] (n) Xiphactinus (extinct genus of predatory bony fish)

鵜の目鷹の目

[うのめたかのめ, unometakanome] (exp) eyes of a predator; keen eyes; lit