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To eat (as prey)

To hunt and catch (to eat as prey)

To kill, especially after hunting (to eat as prey)

To exploit, cheat or deceive for personal gain

To plunder or loot by force

To worry or trouble emotionally or mentally

To load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively

To cheat or swindle someone

To make excessive demands on

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Verb

To eat (as prey)

rely on for nourishment

gormandize^US

gormandise^UK

get one's laughing gear round

stuff one's face with

bevvy^UK

bevy^US

make a pig of oneself

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“These animals prey on worms and insects, and frequently even on one another.”

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To hunt and catch (to eat as prey)

“Isle Royale wolves prey on moose at all times of the year.”

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To kill, especially after hunting (to eat as prey)

“In most areas where mountain lions prey on substantial numbers of sheep, it is relatively few of the cougars that do most of the killing.”

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To exploit, cheat or deceive for personal gain

exploit

victimise^UK

victimize^US

terrorise^UK

terrorize^US

use for one's own ends

live off the backs of

take advantage of somebody

victimized^US

victimised^UK

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“It is a lifelong suspicion of charismatic people, who so often prey on the gullible.”

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To plunder or loot by force

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

burglarize^US

burglarise^UK

moonlight requisition

“Nothing seemed to stop him for long, for he continued to prey on the villages of the Royal Forest.”

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To worry or trouble emotionally or mentally

agonize^US

cause someone distress

take the heart out of

agonise^UK

become an obsession with

be uppermost in your thoughts

infatuate

eat up

have a grip on

monopolize one's thoughts

rule one's thoughts

be on your mind

dominate one's thoughts

control

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“Its wildly eccentric and diverse inhabitants and all that they potentially represented continued to prey on his mind.”

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To load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively

Verb

To cheat or swindle someone

victimize^US

sell a bill of goods to

lead up the garden path

give someone a bum steer

pull the wool over someone's eyes

lead down the garden path

outmaneuver^US

do someone in the eye

jiggle

fraud

penalise^UK

punish

penalize^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

throw dust in someone's eyes

bleed someone of something

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

give wrong information to

mousetrap

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

give the wrong impression

victimise^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

be economical with the truth

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

slip something over on

put someone up to something

play fast and loose with

send on a wild-goose chase

twist around your little finger

arrange

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

incriminate

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

exploit a loophole in

put someone off their stride

lie through one's teeth

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

be forsworn

depart from the truth

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To make excessive demands on

make heavy demands on

bite off more than you can chew

exceed the scope of

exceed the limits of

make excessive demands on

exceed the range of

make severe demands on

drive into the ground

make too many demands on

work too hard

knock oneself out

run yourself into the ground

work oneself into the ground

push to the limit

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