prey vs stooge

prey

noun
  • A person or thing given up as a victim. 

  • That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured 

  • A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. 

  • The victim of a disease. 

verb
  • To act as a predator. 

stooge

noun
  • One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe. 

  • A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience. 

  • A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant. 

  • A straight man. 

  • A secret informant for police. 

verb
  • To act as a straight man. 

How often have the words prey and stooge occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )