noun the act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
2. prey ·noun to take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
3. prey ·noun that which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
4. prey ·noun anything, as goods, ·etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.