Collocations for prey - noun
ADJ.
easy
Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers.
Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers.
ideal
VERB + PREY
chase, hunt for, look for, pursue, stalk | capture, pounce on
a cat pouncing on its prey
a cat pouncing on its prey
kill
PREP.
~ for
The young deer are ideal prey for the leopard.
The young deer are ideal prey for the leopard.
~ to
(figurative) She was prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.
(figurative) She was prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.
PHRASES
a beast/bird of prey, be/fall prey to sth
(figurative) The new government has fallen prey to corruption and fraud.
(figurative) The new government has fallen prey to corruption and fraud.