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Defenition of the word prey

    • Defenition of the word prey

      • Animal hunted or caught for food.
      • A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.
      • To profit from in an exploitatory manner.
      • To prey on or hunt for.
      • profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
      • animal hunted or caught for food
      • a person who is the victim of ridicule or exploitation by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"
      • prey on or hunt for
      • 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"
      • prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
      • a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
      • profit from in an exploitatory manner

    Synonyms for the word prey

      • fair game
      • feed
      • kill
      • quarry
      • raven
      • target
      • victim

    Similar words in the prey

      • prey
      • prey's
      • preyed
      • preying
      • preys

    Hypernyms for the word prey

      • animal
      • animate being
      • beast
      • brute
      • creature
      • exploit
      • fauna
      • forage
      • victim
      • work

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