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prey on

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  1. prey onverb

    To eat (as prey)

  2. prey onverb

    to exploit

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prey on in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prey on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of prey on in a Sentence

  1. Rachael Denhollander:

    A monster was stopped last year, after decades of being allowed to prey on women and little girls, and he wasn’t stopped by a single person who could have, and should have stopped him at least 20 years ago, he was stopped by the victims, who had to fight through being silenced, being threatened, being mocked, by the officials at MSU who they appealed to for help.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    Look Donald Trump says these things to prey on people's fears, their anger, their frustration with Washington. He's quite effective at it, but he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's not a serious leader, we're living in difficult times, we need serious leadership to be able to solve the problems that we have domestically and lead America around the world so that we can create peace and security for ourselves.

  3. Jonathan White:

    We have to protect children from people who would prey on them, and that is what we are doing, these DNA results are being used solely for that purpose and no other.

  4. Bill Hartman:

    As the virus evolves and we get these different variant forms out there, it will prey on people who don't have a built-in antibody response like you can get with a vaccine, so these kids are the ones who will suffer the brunt of that, it's important to not only keep them safe, because even in this age group, it's a top 10 reason kids have died in the last two years. Kids aren't supposed to die.

  5. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

    If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party there can be no evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. This party does not prey on people's prejudices.


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