Usually means: Exploit or victimize for benefit.
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  1. prey on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. prey on: Merriam-Webster
  3. prey on: Wiktionary
  4. prey on: Dictionary.com

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  1. prey on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prey on)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To eat (as prey).
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To exploit or victimize.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To weigh heavily upon (a person's mind).

Similar:
prey upon, prey, feed off, consume, take, feed, hunt down, have, fare, venomize, more...

Opposite:
predator, hunt, pursue, stalk, chase

Phrases:
to prey on, bird that can prey on lizards and frogs, more...

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Similar:
prey upon, prey, feed off, consume, take, feed, hunt down, have, fare, venomize, more...

Opposite:
predator, hunt, pursue, stalk, chase

Phrases:
to prey on, bird that can prey on lizards and frogs, more...



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