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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. John Griffin:

    Horrible things are done to groundhogs in the name of nuisance control, like gassing them, exploding burrows, poisoning and some of them are pretty ill considered, other species get harmed in that process. If you're broadcasting poison, there's any number of animals that can be impacted, including the predators that prey on them.

  2. 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.

  3. Dani Bennett:

    Gangs like MS-13 prey on vulnerable members of our communities to recruit new members, sadly, unaccompanied alien children are particularly vulnerable to being recruited by gangs in the United States.

  4. Attorney General Sessions:

    They have demonstrated an open hostility to enforcing laws designed to protect law enforcement — Federal, state, and local — and reduce crime, and instead have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents… No amount of federal taxpayer dollars will help a city that refuses to help its own residents.

  5. 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.


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