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predatory
adjective(pred-a-to-ry)
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
Synonyms: marauding, raiding,
Examples:
Predatory warfare.
predatory
adjective(pred-a-to-ry)
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Synonyms: rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous,
Examples:
A predatory bird.
predatory
adjective(pred-a-to-ry)
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Synonyms: predaceous, predacious,
Examples:
Predatory capitalists.
A predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal.

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