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Prey

/preɪ/
An animal hunted or caught for food by another animal

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'The Hotel Savoy has fallen prey to me, brother,' he said."The king," he said, "is a prey to jealousy and uneasiness."He has fallen prey to the Hotel Savoy.

Etymology:

etymology
from Middle English preie, from Anglo-Norman prey, from Latin praeda (loot, booty; animal taken in hunting), probably related to prōdere (to bring forth).

Usage Statistics:

15 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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