Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Préda, s. f.
1. prey, booty, spoil, pillage. Darsi in — to addict one's self to, to give or abandon one's self over to. Darsi in — al dolore, to abandon one's self to grief. Darsi in — al vizio, to give one's self up to vice. Menar —,to despoil, pillage; 2. capture, prize.
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preda: a pray, a bootie, a spoile, a pillage, a prize, a foraging, a robberie.