1
[ adjective ] hunting and killing other animals for food

Synonyms

predacious

Related terms

carnivorous

2
[ adjective ] living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

Examples

"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"-Swinton

Related terms

acquisitive

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