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prey

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1. prey - Noun

2. prey - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be. Jerome

There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey. John Ruskin

Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. Ouida

When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. Persian Proverb

When its time has arrived, the prey becomes the hunter. Persian Proverb

The tiger crouches before he leaps upon his prey. American Proverb

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