1. 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";
   - quarry, target, fair game
    
2. Animal hunted or caught for food
   "The lion stalked its prey";
   - quarry

1. Profit from in an exploitatory manner
   "He preys on her insecurity";
   - feed
    
2. Hunt for as food
   "Lions prey on zebras and wildebeest"; "The wolves ravened through the forest for prey";
   - raven [archaic], predate[2]
    
3. Cause a harmful or distressing effect
   "The memories preyed on his mind"

Sounds like: praise, prays, preys, prase

Derived forms: preyed, preying, preys

Type of: animal, animate being, exploit, forage, victim, work

Encyclopedia: Prey, Vosges