"in preda a" meaning in Italian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in prey to"
      },
      "expansion": "“in prey to”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in prey to"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “in prey to”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “in prey to”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "in preda a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He followed me wildly into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: \"Oh, God!\" in a miserable way.\n(literally, “He followed me, distraught, into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: \"Oh, God!\" in the grip of desperation.”)",
          "ref": "2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 115",
          "text": "Mi seguì, sconvolto, in cucina, chiuse la porta e sussurrò: «Oh, Dio!» in preda alla disperazione.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the grip of"
      ],
      "id": "en-in_preda_a-it-prep_phrase-1MIAimat",
      "links": [
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in preda a"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in prey to"
      },
      "expansion": "“in prey to”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in prey to"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “in prey to”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “in prey to”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "in preda a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian multiword terms",
        "Italian prepositional phrases",
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He followed me wildly into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: \"Oh, God!\" in a miserable way.\n(literally, “He followed me, distraught, into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: \"Oh, God!\" in the grip of desperation.”)",
          "ref": "2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 115",
          "text": "Mi seguì, sconvolto, in cucina, chiuse la porta e sussurrò: «Oh, Dio!» in preda alla disperazione.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the grip of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in preda a"
}