predatory
掠夺性,掠夺性的,掠夺式,掠夺式的
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Definitions
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- : Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- : of, relating to, or characterized by plunder, pillage, or robbery, as in war: predatory tactics.
- : engaging in or living by these activities: predatory bands of brigands.
- : excessive or exploitative in amount or cost, as out of greed or to take advantage of consumers or patrons: predatory pricing.
- : seeking to exploit, victimize, or prey on others: More and more, senior citizens find themselves victims of predatory scams that rob them of their savings.
- : acting with or possessed by overbearing, greedy, or selfish motives: He was cornered at the party by a predatory reporter.
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Examples
They also vow to reform policing in Falls Church by shifting officers’ focus to community building and away from “predatory measures”.
The largest sharks ever to hunt in Earth’s oceans may have gotten so big thanks to their predatory behavior in the womb, scientists report October 5 in Historical Biology.
For the fission yeast, such predatory tactics can have big consequences, even driving two nearly identical strains toward becoming different species.
Some of the animals that went extinct were large predatory fish.
They are similar to those of modern predatory birds such as owls.
Nonetheless, Washington has chosen to allow Chinese predatory behavior to continue.
As he says, most men are not predatory sex pests, trying to force themselves on women, get a hand up her skirt, or cop a feel.
Allegations that these two men are abusive and predatory have gone on for years now.
In addition to being known for drugs, FIJI, two sources said, has a reputation for exceptionally predatory behavior towards girls.
This, it should be said, bears an eerie similarity to the targeted, predatory lending of the last decade.
For many years there had been great scarcity in both countries, a natural consequence of predatory warfare.