rav·in also rav·en 
(răvən)
(răvən)n.
1. Voracity; rapaciousness.
2. Something taken as prey.
3. The act or practice of preying.
[Middle English ravin, raven, from Old French ravine, rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]