In this case, unlike the scenario of not being eaten, your hope is the bike thief will move on to easier prey.
The most secure ways to lock up your bike|By Michael Frank/Cycle Volta|August 26, 2020|Popular Science
Many barges were stuck at sea and became easy prey for pirates.
Is Maritime Piracy Back from the Dead?|Eromo Egbejule|August 25, 2020|Ozy
This is the longest known prey of a marine reptile from the dinosaur age, and may be the oldest direct evidence of a marine reptile eating an animal larger than a human, researchers report August 20 in iScience.
This ichthyosaur died after devouring a creature nearly as long as itself|Maria Temming|August 20, 2020|Science News
Bigger dingoes can hunt bigger prey, notes Letnic, which could have unknown impacts on Australian ecosystems.
Culling dingoes with poison may be making them bigger|Jake Buehler|August 19, 2020|Science News
The new cytosine-converting enzyme, however, was as lethal to mammalian cells as it was to bacterial prey.
A bacterial toxin enables the first mitochondrial gene editor|Jack J. Lee|July 13, 2020|Science News
And they prey on those that society will be least likely to believe.
How I Stopped My Rapist|Natasha Alexenko|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As he relishes his triumph, a larger, grinning version of the man materializes in the background, eyeing his prey.
‘Interstellar’ Is Wildly Ambitious, Very Flawed, and Absolutely Worth Seeing|Marlow Stern|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to protecting birds of prey, Illinois state law can be an ass.
He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, Levine plays the role of a stalker and Prinsloo that of his “prey,” but she never comes across as a victim.
Sex, Blood and Maroon 5: Pop Culture’s Wounds Run Deep|Lizzie Crocker|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally near sunset, he spotted his prey: a whitetail buck grazing in the thick bush.
Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement|Sharon Adarlo|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a great deal of heart-burning, and the camp was the prey of winged rumours, most of them discouraging ones.
A Prisoner in Turkey|John Still
Like the sparrowhawk, it frequently hovers in the air and drops upon its prey.
Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 4 [April 1902]|Various
He was like a hunter following his prey, like an angler fishing, he cared only for the chase, for the capture.
Possessed|Cleveland Moffett
In captivity, having no web, it actually flees before its prey, and has not the resolution to confront a fly.
The Insect|Jules Michelet
The serpent fixed itself in a tree by the water-side; and underneath the same tree the young crocodile watched for prey.
The World of Waters|Mrs. David Osborne
British Dictionary definitions for prey
prey
/ (preɪ) /
noun
an animal hunted or captured by another for food
a person or thing that becomes the victim of a hostile person, influence, etc
beast of preyan animal that preys on others for food
bird of preya bird that preys on others for food
an archaic word for booty 1
verb(intr; often foll by on or upon)
to hunt or seize food by killing other animals
to make a victim (of others), as by profiting at their expense
to exert a depressing or obsessive effect (on the mind, spirits, etc); weigh heavily (upon)
Derived forms of prey
preyer, noun
Word Origin for prey
C13: from Old French preie, from Latin praeda booty; see predatory