Definition of Prey

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Definition of Prey

Prey

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

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Prey Quotations

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
Lord Byron

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
John Ruskin

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
Taylor Caldwell

The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.
Ernest Thompson Seton

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
Peter De Vries

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
Chuck Jones

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
John Gay

This legislation gives parents some comfort that their children won't fall prey to child predators while using the Internet at schools and libraries that receive federal dollars for Internet services.
Judy Biggert

Prey Translations

prey in French is proie
prey in German is Beute
prey in Italian is bottino
prey in Latin is praeda
prey in Swedish is rov, byte, be

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