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Definition of Prey |
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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. Related Definitions: Act, An, Anything, As, Be, Booty, By, Devoured, Devouring, Enemy, Food, Force, From, Gather, Given, Goods, Got, Hence, In, Is, May, Of, Or, Other, Person, Plunder, Ravage, Seized, Spoil, Take, Taken, That, The, To, Up, Victim, Violence, War, Which |
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Prey Quotations
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 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 Without game, men prey on each other. Perry Farrell The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. Peter De Vries |
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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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