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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fallen prey" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to mean that someone or something has been tricked, taken advantage of, or otherwise victimized. Example: The small bakery had fallen prey to larger competitors in the neighborhood.
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England have repeatedly fallen prey to Australia's new-ball bowlers.
Apparently, Mr. Limbaugh had fallen prey to an Internet hoax.
Hector wouldn't have fallen prey to any carnivorous white men.
Other vistas have fallen prey to development or billboards.
Any producer could have fallen prey as he did, he said.
João, the tax driver, reckons that his complaining compatriots have fallen prey to wishful thinking.
He had heard, though, that she had fallen prey to various ills.
Or that the newly famous monkey had fallen prey to the Iranian penchant for cosmetic surgery.
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"Let us not fall prey to rumors".
Most of us fall prey to caricature.
I fall prey to whatever they have.
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