See fall prey on Wiktionary
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"text": "Many children at our school have fallen prey to the 'flu bug.",
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"text": "Inexperienced teachers sometimes fall prey to fears that they do not know enough.",
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"ref": "1974 February 2, Edward Sebesta, “Launching the Gay '80s: Gay Rights Under Siege In Santa Clara County”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 5:",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "áldozatul esik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "cadere vittima"
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
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"word": "paść ofiarą"
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"word": "padać ofiarą"
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "ser presa (de)"
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
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"word": "fall prey"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "áldozatul esik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "cadere vittima"
},
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
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"word": "paść ofiarą"
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"word": "padać ofiarą"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "ser presa (de)"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to be affected by a bad situation",
"word": "caer presa (de)"
}
],
"word": "fall prey"
}
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