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minus-square@sem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-225 days agoI’ve always used predate in this context because prey as a verb tends to get confused with prey species.
minus-square@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-224 days agoI 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.
Predate? You mean prey?
I’ve always used predate in this context because prey as a verb tends to get confused with prey species.
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.