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- verb Present participle of
prey .
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Examples
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Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
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Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
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Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
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Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
First Posters From Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD – Collider.com 2009
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Certainly more legitimacy and more power in preying on the vulnerable, anyway.
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She couldn't very well try to live off Tommy anymore, and regardless of the rush and the sense that she was serving nature's cause by taking only the weak and the sick, she didn't like the idea of preying on humans — strangers anyway.
You Suck Moore, Christopher, 1957- 2007
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We could not talk together, for the very good reason that our mouths were gagged, nor could we see each other now, poor consolation as that would have been; although possibly a friendly wink from Ned might have cheered me up a bit under the circumstances, the idea preying on my mind that it was owing to my fault in persuading him to enter into the treacherous ambuscade that we had been thus entrapped.
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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Hillary's appeal to those people is not due to the fact that she's "preying" on their weakness or because they're stupid.
Hillary Telling Local Media In Future Voting States That Obama Wants Race To End 2009
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Auntie Mooch knows a good scam when she’s found one, namely preying on the unprotected American taxpayer for goodies like a stipend from the city and subsidized housing, benefits supposedly not available to lawbreaking illegal aliens.
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Auntie Mooch knows a good scam when she’s found one, namely preying on the unprotected American taxpayer for goodies like a stipend from the city and subsidized housing, benefits supposedly not available to lawbreaking illegal aliens.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Auntie Mooch Gets to Stay a Few More Months (at Least) 2010
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