Definition of "preys" [preys]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prey. (verb)

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• "Either way, he is a prosperity preacher who preys on the black community and shames the legacy of the civil rights movement."
• "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."
• "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?"