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  • noun
    [noncount] an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
    The lion stalked its prey.
    The bird circled above looking for prey.
    The seals are easy prey for sharks. - see also bird of prey
    someone who is easily harmed or affected in a bad way by someone or something :victim
    Too often elderly people are easy prey for swindlers and other criminals.
    be/fall prey to
    to be killed by (an animal, disease, etc.)
    The deer fell prey to coyotes.
    Many people fell prey to disease.
    to be harmed or affected in a bad way by (someone or something)
    After the accident, she was prey to all kinds of anxieties.
    Some of his friends fell prey to drugs.
    She fell prey to an online scam.
    verb
    preys; preyed; preying
    prey on/upon
    [phrasal verb]
    prey on/upon (something) :to hunt and kill (something) for food
    The wolves prey on small animals.
    prey on/upon (someone) :to hurt, cheat, or steal from (someone)
    criminals who prey on lonely elderly people
    Gangs are known to prey on tourists in the city.
    prey on/upon someone's mind :to make someone worry :to be constantly on someone's mind
    Her growing debts preyed on her mind. [=she worried about her growing debts]
    The thought that he could have done better preyed on his mind.
    a question that preys on the minds of many of us