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Predatory

Predatory Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Predatory? [adj] living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton [adj] living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [adj] characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Predatory: acquisitive \| aggressive \| marauding \| offensive \| predaceous \| predacious \| raiding \| rapacious \| raptorial \| ravening \| vulturine \| vulturous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Predatory: all-devouring \| all-engulfing \| avaricious \| bloodsucking \| carnivorous \| despoiling \| extortionate \| grabby \| grasping \| greedy \| larcenous \| looting \| lupine \| marauding \| parasitic \| pillaging \| plundering \| plunderous \| predacious \| rapacious \| raptorial \| ravaging \| ravening \| ravenous \| robbing \| sharkish \| spoliatory \| thieving \| usurious \| voracious \| vulturine \| vulturous \| wolfish See Also \| Predatory In Webster's Dictionary \Pred"atory\, a. [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See {Prey}.] 1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. ``A predatory war.'' --Macaulay. 2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.] Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. --Bacon. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

Predatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Predatory?

[adj] living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
[adj] living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
[adj] characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

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Predatory In Webster's Dictionary

\Pred"a*to*ry\, a. [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to
plunder, fr. praeda prey. See {Prey}.]
1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine;
   plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a
   predatory party. ``A predatory war.'' --Macaulay.

2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.]

         Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and
         predatory.                            --Bacon.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Living by preying upon other animals;
   carnivorous.

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