Definition of "preying" [preying]

• Present participle of prey. (verb)

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• "Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff."
• "Certainly more legitimacy and more power in preying on the vulnerable, anyway."
• "She couldn't very well try to live off Tommy anymore, and regardless of the rush and the sense that she was serving nature's cause by taking only the weak and the sick, she didn't like the idea of preying on humans — strangers anyway."