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Meanings of prey on in English

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Usage of prey on in English
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And many scams prey on people who want to help disaster victims.
Reuters
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But in 2018, scammers started using Artificial Intelligence to prey on victims.
News.com.au
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Each new mutation led to parasites which could prey on earlier parasites.
The Hyperion Cantos
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This weird business was now really beginning to prey on his nerves.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
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They prey on our particular vulnerabilities and threaten the things we love.
The Guardian
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Don't try to postpone it; otherwise it may prey on your mind!
The South African
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She abandons her prey on the ground and returns to the wall.
More Hunting Wasps
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Moreover, the beetle eats its prey on the spot as it kills.
Social Life in the Insect World
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Now we shall both prey on society in our different ways indefinitely.
Taken Alive
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But there's a special circle of scammers who prey on the elderly.
Wired
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Possibly I am letting the thing prey on my mind too much.
Right Ho, Jeeves
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Perhaps they realized that prey on the surface is the owl's ideal.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
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Men and women live on the single, and prey on each other.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
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And then there's these academies, that prey on the vanity of parents.
Radio NZ
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They sometimes prey on livestock, and there have been complaints from locals.
The Irish Times
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These Borneo Dyaks are bred from infancy to prey on their fellow-creatures.
The Wings of the Morning
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South Africa
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New Zealand
Common
United States of America
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