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prey

(pr/eI/ )

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence(noun.person)

Example:
He fell prey to muggers.

Synonym:
fair game, quarry, target

source: wordnet30
animal hunted or caught for food(noun.animal)

Synonym:
quarry

source: wordnet30
Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.(noun)

source: webster1913

profit from in an exploitatory manner(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
feed

source: wordnet30
prey on or hunt for(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
predate, raven

source: wordnet30
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.(verb)

source: webster1913

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