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What does the word prey mean?

Part of speech: verb intransitive

To seize food, as a bird or beast, by violence; plunder; make a victim; wear or waste; followed by on or upon.

Part of speech: noun

Any animal seized by another for food; a victim; booty.

Usage examples for prey

Why stand I thus a prey To torturing fears! – The Bride of Messina A Tragedy by Frederich Schiller
He and his men would arrive too late, they would find the trap sprung, and the prey escaped. – 100%: The Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair
He is good prey, made and provided by the sovereign law of the state. – Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter by F. Colburn Adams

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