Lewis Short
praedātĭo (noun F) : id.
* A taking of booty, plundering, pillaging (post-Aug.).— In plur.: latrociniis ac praedationibus infestato mari,Vell. 2, 73, 3; Tac. A. 12, 29. —In sing., Lact. 5, 9; Vulg. Isa. 9, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary