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“preying”
prey (verb), preys; preyed; preying
1. To seize and to devour prey, as an animal does: Foxes prey on rabbits.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.
preying (adjective), more preying, most preying
1. A reference to killing an animal in order to eat it.
2. Committing a crime against someone: The police are looking for preying gangs who are attacking tourists.
3. Descriptive of taking or getting something by violence.
4. Relating to the removal of something by force from an enemy in war.
2. Committing a crime against someone: The police are looking for preying gangs who are attacking tourists.
3. Descriptive of taking or getting something by violence.
4. Relating to the removal of something by force from an enemy in war.