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• n  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
• n  animal hunted or caught for food
• v  profit from in an exploitatory manner
• v  prey on or hunt for

• Much larger than modern eagles, Haast's eagle would have swooped to prey on flightless birds and possibly even the rare unlucky human.
• They also had a large, sickle-shaped claw on their middle toes, probably used for slashing prey.
• They use this ability to hunt for prey hidden under the sand and to navigate according to the earth's magnetic field.

• quarry
• target
• fair game
• feed
• raven
• predate

News & Articles

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• Turtles watch for, snack on gelatinous prey while swimming
  Loggerhead turtles use visual cues to find gelatinous prey to snack on as they swim in open waters, according to new research.
  June 13, 2013 - Science Daily
• Research: Cheetah's acceleration, agility deadly combo for prey
  HATFIELD, England, June 12 (UPI) -- Cheetahs' success in nabbing their prey is because of their ability to accelerate and their agility, British researchers said in a study released Wednesday.
  June 12, 2013 - UPI
• Prey fish being added to Lake Ontario restoration effort
  Fisheries biologists who have been working to restore Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario are now trying to restore the population of its natural prey as well.
  June 10, 2013 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN International
  It's been easy at times to doubt our ability to do such a big thing, such a complicated thing, to wonder if there are limits to what we as a people can still achieve,Obama said. "We are not a nation that falls prey to doubt or mistrust. We...
• Leah Ward Sears in Forbes
  Sears wrote that the severe punishment makes "no measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment" and that Wilson's crime did not rise to the "level of adults who prey on children."
• Ayman al-Zawahri in FOX News
  Launch ambushes, land mines, raids and suicidal combats until you consume them as the lions and eat their prey,al-Zawahiri added.