- an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc: a con man looking for his next prey.
- the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey.
- booty or plunder.
- to seize and devour prey, as an animal does (usually followed by on or upon): Foxes prey on rabbits.
- to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder: The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements.
- to exert a harmful or destructive influence: His worries preyed upon his mind.
- to victimize another or others (usually followed by on or upon): loan sharks that prey upon poor people.
- to be victimized, harmed, or killed: chickens that fell prey to a hawk;fall prey to internet scams.
- an animal hunted or captured by another for food
- a person or thing that becomes the victim of a hostile person, influence, etc
- an animal that preys on others for food
- a bird that preys on others for food
- an archaic word for booty 1
- to hunt or seize food by killing other animals
- to make a victim (of others), as by profiting at their expense
- to exert a depressing or obsessive effect (on the mind, spirits, etc); weigh heavily (upon)
