Sentences with phrase «prey on»

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said Long's tweets were nothing more than bigoted and racist rants designed to prey on the fears of people.

Labour's second term having been so overwhelmingly dominated by international issues in the wake of 9 - 11, it is the things not yet done which prey on the mind of Blairites thinking about this government's legacy.

«Nassau County will not tolerate those who attempt to scam our residents and prey on Hurricane Sandy victims,» Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said in a statement.

«It is unconscionable for scam artists to prey on heightened fear in our immigrant communities by pretending to be ICE officers and demanding that families pay up in order to avoid deportation,» Schneiderman said in the press release.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and the office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced the creation of a joint task force to target those who prey on immigrants, while encouraging victims of fraud to step forward and identify their victimizers.

Geoff Davis should be in hot water for opposing a bipartisan Pentagon - backed bill to cap interest rates on loan sharks («payday loans») that cluster around military bases and prey on our young, financially naive volunteer armed - services personnel.

«It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pitch key leaders against the people on an issue that has already been thrown overboard.

«It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pit key leaders against the people on an issue that has already been thrown overboard.

«Casinos prey on working people and depend on gambling addicts and problem gamblers for their high profits,» noted Hawkins.

«As technology evolves, we must ensure these advances don't become new avenues for dangerous predators to prey on new victims,» Cuomo said.

They are thugs who prey on young people, and recruit young people.»

New York has zero tolerance for anyone who would prey on that fear to defraud immigrants and their families,» Schneiderman said.

Broadcast giant Charlie Rose was suspended from PBS, CBS and Bloomberg amid allegations that he used fear and intimidation for more than a decade to prey on women he sexually harassed while they worked for him.

Another thing to consider is that it is possible that people who would prey on those outside of your community could use your community as sanctuary.

These are just common thugs who prey on people in their own community.»

The NYPD arrested arrested more than a dozen ticket sellers in what officials said was a crackdown on vendors who prey on tourists by offering fake tickets to the Statue of Liberty.

«We have zero tolerance for these unscrupulous companies, whose business model is to prey on ratepayers with promises of lower energy costs only to deliver skyrocketing bills,» Cuomo said in a release from his office.

This is not a new scam, as thieves have used this ploy for years to prey on residents.

That phrasing — with its intimation that gays might prey on children — hardly seems the kind of guarantee sought by the United States and other Western governments and human rights activists.

A short, sprightly man of almost 97 with wisps of white hair sweeping his head, Mr. Reilly knows about the phone scammers, tricksters and others who prey on the elderly.

Investigative Report reveals tricky tactics, fraudulent practices and deceptive scams that unscrupulous city car dealers are using to prey on financially vulnerable New Yorkers

«We are looking actively, and have discussions begun with the MTA, and it may ultimately require potentially some legislation up in Albany, that some of these career recidivist criminals who use the subways to prey on victims, that we find some way of excluding them from the subway,» Bratton said on The John Gambling Show on AM970 The Answer,

''... The Senate Republicans choose to protect those who prey on children.

This was the vulnerability which Labour hoped to prey on.

It will come as both relief and encouragement to the millions of people either directly affected by payday lending or simply angry at the way these businesses have been able to prey on the vulnerable through staggeringly high interest rates and penalty charges.

«Cuomo will do anything to distract from his real record on women's rights, which is one of protecting and promoting powerful serial harassers in state government who were allowed to repeatedly prey on women,» Proud said.

I would argue that not all governments are like that, at least in if you are arguing the foundation of that government is to prey on its citizens.

Toy companies know this and use every method available to prey on parents.

The AAP is stepping up its call to the product manufacturers to not prey on families who are scared and wonder what they can do to help save their babies.

I'm furious that companies greenwash and prey on mothers» fears, urging them to buy products that are not what they are promoted to be — organic.

They prey on those who have a weakness — or a visible one.»

Junk food sales, which prey on our hardwired love of sugar and fat, are a surefire way to raise money quickly and cheaply.

Unfortunately sexual predators will prey on children online because it is an easy way for them to gain the trust of an unsuspecting child.

Plus, sadly, we know that some adults prey on children, and teaching your daughter about consent early on can help her understand her rights, know when lines are being crossed, and when to go to you for help.»

This particular advertisement strikes a chord similar to that of the formula companies — they prey on tired and stressed out moms.

This tactic was created by the formula companies to prey on the fears of new moms and to increase the rate of early supplementation which can actually lead to breastfeeding failure.

Women tend to trust each other and, assuming the best in each other, readily step into traps laid by those who prey on the gullibility of those new to the cloth diaper arena.

Just because its natural doesn't mean it's easy and formula companies seem to prey on that.

How about lactation consultants, natural parenting authors, manufacturers of breastfeeding products, activists, etc that prey on the fears of new mothers at their most vulnerable?

In the mean time, what family will that Homebirth midwife prey on next week?

I think cults also usually prey on people who are at their lowest and most vulnerable (i.e. suggestable) states, such as mothers who went through a difficult first birth in the hospital.

They prey on this desperation to get parents to do things they otherwise would never even consider.

Be on the lookout for scams that prey on single moms, too.

There is a special place in hell for people who prey on kids — especially when coming from the trusted and revered role as a teacher.

For the most part I would say to avoid these sites because I am convinced the internet is full of criminals that prey on the vulnerable like QVC does to elderly women but that's for you to decide.

The spuds crumbled under the pressure and never really recovered so we can prey on that and get them on the back foot and in panic mode early in the game.

There's also a «seductor» type, and this is the kind of pedophile most likely to seek work as a coach of children — the likable, chatty, often witty guy who finds in sports an accessible pool of children to prey on.

that is not what it means to be a devoted fan... you are simply a pawn that enables this club to continuously underachieve because they prey on your gullibility and spineless devotion... good luck with that

they know what we want to hear and they prey on us relentlessly.

Prey on the weakness of teams that want to try and win now.