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An animal that is hunted or killed, esp. (and now only) by a carnivore for food; the kinds of animal, collectively, that are hunted by a carnivore…
A victim; one sacrificed to the will of another; also, a person or thing that falls into the power of an enemy or a destructive agency. Now rare.
One who is reduced or destined to suffer under some oppressive or destructive agency.