Thesaurus: predatory

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1. a. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
2. a. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.
3. a. Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
4. adj. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
5. adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
6. adj. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
7. 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. (Zoöl.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
8. j:100 s. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey