Prey

Prey

noun

 * 1. an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
 * 2. a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull.
 * 3. the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey.
 * 4. Archaic. booty or plunder.

verb (used without object)

 * 5. to seize and devour prey, as an animal does (usually followed by on or upon):
 * Foxes prey on rabbits.
 * 6. to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder:
 * The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements.
 * 7. to exert a harmful or destructive influence:
 * His worries preyed upon his mind.
 * 8. to victimize another or others (usually followed by on or upon):
 * loan sharks that prey upon the poor.