Definition of predatory
Adjectives
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
"predatory warfare"
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
"a predatory bird"
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
- Synonyms:
- predaceous, predacious
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acquisitive
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Vocabulary Lists for predatory
Clint Easwood - The New Yorker March 2010 (1) »(1536 words)
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T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for T.H. White's "The Once and...
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- vacuous
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried »(59 words)
Vocabulary study list for Tim O'Brien's "The Things...
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Further praise for the State of Africa »(40 words)
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