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prey

Prey is a person or animal that falls victim to another or an animal that lives off of other animals. (noun)

  1. An example of prey is a deer being hunted by a man.
  2. An example of prey is an owl catching and killing a rabbit for food.

Prey means to catch, kill, eat or victimize. (verb)

An example of prey is someone being conned out of large amounts of money.

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