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[โ€“] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I've always used predate in this context because prey as a verb tends to get confused with prey species.

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I agree prey is just a bad verb, to "prey" should mean to sneak around in people's yards munching on plants and sketching out whenever anybody else gets close.