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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prey .
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Examples
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Is it true that Eric Odom preys on young children and small herds of furry farm animals?
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Any one who preys on the week and helpless need to have their rear end handed to them.
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He is the perfect "champagne socialist," as they're now calling him, who preys on the weak—for who is less defended and more at the mercy of the world than a 32-year-old hotel maid, a widow, a West African immigrant working to support herself and her daughter?
A Week of Shocks but Few Surprises Peggy Noonan 2011
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They just prove how many ignorant people watch phony, bias news and listen to a grossly obese drugster who preys on under aged male prostitutes.
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Second is Nami, a clever thief who preys on pirates and wants to score enough loot to buy a village.
Resetting sail 2010
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Sharon Angle, Republican Tea Party nominee for United States Senate in Nevada, preys on the apocalyptic every time she calls for "Second Amendment remedies" -- i.e., the taking up of arms against the federal government.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: The Apocalyptic Style in American Politics Michael Conniff 2010
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Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
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Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
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Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
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Is it true that Eric Odom preys on young children and small herds of furry farm animals?
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