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preys - definition and meaning
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verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prey .
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Is it true that Eric Odom preys on young children and small herds of furry farm animals?
Think Progress » Tea Party Profiteers: How Republican Operatives Are Exploiting Economic Anxiety For Power, Cash 2010
Any one who preys on the week and helpless need to have their rear end handed to them.
Video Report: Brit Boys Stamp Baby Deer To Death 2009
He is the perfect "champagne socialist," as they're now calling him, who preys on the weak—for who is less defended and more at the mercy of the world than a 32-year-old hotel maid, a widow, a West African immigrant working to support herself and her daughter?
A Week of Shocks but Few Surprises Peggy Noonan 2011
They just prove how many ignorant people watch phony, bias news and listen to a grossly obese drugster who preys on under aged male prostitutes.
Think Progress » Will Sarah Palin call on Rush Limbaugh to apologize for saying liberal activists are ‘retards’? 2010
Second is Nami, a clever thief who preys on pirates and wants to score enough loot to buy a village.
Resetting sail 2010
Sharon Angle, Republican Tea Party nominee for United States Senate in Nevada, preys on the apocalyptic every time she calls for "Second Amendment remedies" -- i.e., the taking up of arms against the federal government.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: The Apocalyptic Style in American Politics Michael Conniff 2010
Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement.
David A. Love: The Eddie Long Scandal: Betraying the Memory of MLK David A. Love 2010
Is it true that Eric Odom preys on young children and small herds of furry farm animals?
Think Progress » Tea Party Profiteers: How Republican Operatives Are Exploiting Economic Anxiety For Power, Cash 2010
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