predatory
pre·da·tory
adjective
1.
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
- “bands of marauding Indians”
- “predatory warfare”
- “a raiding party”
2.
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”
Origin
Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y.
Phrases
- predatory conference
- predatory incursion
- predatory journal
- predatory pricing
- predatory publishing
- predatory tunicate
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