be/fall prey to
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1
: to be killed by (an animal, disease, etc.)
The deer fell prey to coyotes.
Many people fell prey to disease.
2
: to be harmed or affected in a bad way by (someone or something)
After the accident, she was prey to all kinds of anxieties.
Some of his friends fell prey to drugs.
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Read more Map shows states where people are most likely to fall prey to fraud.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The Sunk Cost Fallacy's Impact On Business Decisions When entrepreneurs fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy, the consequences can be devastating.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Such an outcome could also occur if countries other than China overreact to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and fall prey to an antiglobalization nationalism that reverses the global economic trends tying China and every other major economy into the transnational production chain.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2021
Navigation systems used in weapons like drones can be jammed, where location tracking is blocked, or fall prey to spoofing.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The Sunk Cost Fallacy's Impact On Business Decisions When entrepreneurs fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy, the consequences can be devastating.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Such an outcome could also occur if countries other than China overreact to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and fall prey to an antiglobalization nationalism that reverses the global economic trends tying China and every other major economy into the transnational production chain.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2021
Navigation systems used in weapons like drones can be jammed, where location tracking is blocked, or fall prey to spoofing.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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