No guts for chase, vegans sabotaged hunt (8)
I believe the answer is:
scavenge
'hunt' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scavenge that I've seen before include "Cleanse" , "Feed on carrion or refuse" , "Search for useful things among rubbish" , "Search among discarded material for something to re-use" , "Search for (carrion) as food" .)