pillage vs prey

pillage

noun
  • The act of pillaging. 

  • The spoils of war. 

verb
  • To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. 

prey

noun
  • The victim of a disease. 

  • That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured 

  • A person or thing given up as a victim. 

  • A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. 

verb
  • To act as a predator. 

How often have the words pillage and prey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )