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IPA transcription: [p'ɹeɪ]
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Noun
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a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
“he fell prey to muggers”
“everyone was fair game”
“the target of a manhunt”
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animal hunted or caught for food
Verb
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profit from in an exploitatory manner
“He feeds on her insecurity”
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prey on or hunt for
“These mammals predate certain eggs”
Usage examples
- Indeed, juvenile prowfish will seek shelter from prey within the bells of larger jellies.
- However, kestrels are more likely to prey on lizards is southern latitudes.
- Lions hunt their prey with sprints, whereas wolves take advantage of their stamina.
- Barn owls "Tyto alba" have been recorded as preying on this species.
- It preys on unrest.
- They may pursue prey on the ground by half running and half flying.
- A voracious predator, this beetle hunts a wide variety of prey including small fish.
- In the morning the birds recognized that the eagle is preying upon them.
- Lions hunt their prey with sprints, whereas wolves take advantage of their stamina.
- Many Jewish institutions, synagogues and shops fell prey to this devastation.