Adjective: predatory 'pre-du,to-ree [N. Amer], 'pre-du-t(u-)ree [Brit]
- Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
"a predatory bird";
- rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
- Moving around attacking, plundering or pillaging
"a pack of predatory mink are kicking up a stink";
- marauding, raiding
- Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
"predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal";
- predaceous, predacious
See also: acquisitive, aggressive, offensive
Encyclopedia: Predatory