Prey

Noun

 * 1)  Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
 * 2) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
 * 3) A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
 * The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.

Verb

 * 1) To victimize, hunt, attack or plunder.
 * 2) To devour.
 * 3) To exert harmful influence.

Adjectives for Prey
miserable; finny; helpless; predestined; unexhausted; lawful; accustomed; fair; universal; shattered; specious; legitimate; unambitious; stern; silent; yielding; righteous; reluctant.

Verbs for Prey
attack—; corner— —; evade—; fall-mangle—; pursue-wrestle with—.

Thesaurus
aim, bamboozle, beasts of venery, big game, bully, burden, butt, by-end, by-purpose, casualty, chase, cheat, consume, cozen, defraud, depress, destination, destroy, devour, distress, dupe, eat, end, end in view, exploit, fall guy, feed on, final cause, flimflam, game, go after, goal, gull, hoodwink, hunt, intimidate, kill, mark, martyr, mug, object, object in mind, object of compassion, objective, oppress, outfox, outsmart, outwit, poor devil, prey on, pursue, pursuit, pushover, quarry, quintain, reason for being, rook, seize, snooker, stalk, strain, sufferer, swindle, take advantage of, target, teleology, the hunted, trick, ultimate aim, underdog, use, venery, vex, victim, victimize, weigh on, weigh upon, worry, wretch

Etymology
, from preie:, one of the variants of proie:, from  praeda:

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 * Russian: добыча; трофеи
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Anagrams

 * pyre, rype