餌え食じき

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Meanings

Refers to an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. Often used in the phrase 餌食になる (to become prey).

Used figuratively for a person who falls victim to a crime, scam, or misfortune. Often appears as 餌食になる.

〈動どう物ぶつ〉の餌え食じきになるto become prey to an animal
小ちいさな魚さかなは大おおきな魚さかなの餌え食じきになった。
The small fish became prey to the larger fish.
〈事こと〉の餌え食じきになるto fall victim to something (a scam, crime, etc.)
彼かれは詐さ欺ぎの餌え食じきになってしまった。
He ended up falling victim to a scam.
〈人ひと〉を餌え食じきにするto prey on someone / exploit someone as a victim
悪あく徳とく業ぎょう者しゃは高こう齢れい者しゃを餌え食じきにしている。
The unscrupulous businesses prey on elderly people.

獲え物ものN2sense 1
獲物 is the general word for game or quarry that a hunter seeks, while 餌食 stresses the prey's fate of being eaten or destroyed.
犠ぎ牲せいN1sense 2
犠牲 broadly means a sacrifice or casualty in any misfortune, while 餌食 specifically frames the person as something consumed or exploited by a predator-like force.
被ひ害がい者しゃN3sense 2
被害者 is the neutral, formal legal term for a victim, whereas 餌食 adds a vivid image of being preyed upon or devoured.
食くい物もの
餌食 is a more literary word for a victim or prey, often implying being consumed or sacrificed, while 食い物 in this sense is a more common, blunt expression for someone being exploited.

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鴨かも
鴨 (in its figurative sense) is casual slang for someone easily cheated or beaten, especially in gambling or scams, while 餌食 is a more literary word for a victim or prey of exploitation in general.
餌えさN4
餌食 means 'prey' or 'victim,' describing the target that falls for the 餌 (bait or enticement).

捕ほ食しょく者しゃ sense 1
捕食者 is the predator that hunts and eats, the direct opposite of the 餌食 that gets eaten.

餌えさN4
餌 just means bait or feed given to an animal, while 餌食 means the creature or person that ends up being consumed or victimized.

Formed from 餌 and 食, originally denoting food for an animal and hence prey or a victim consumed by another.