predatory
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adjective \ˈpre-də-ˌtȯr-ē\Definition of PREDATORY
1
a : of, relating to, or practicing plunder, pillage, or rapine b : inclined or intended to injure or exploit others for personal gain or profit <predatory pricing practices>
2
: living by predation : predaceous; also : adapted to predation
See Examples of PREDATORY
- predatory acts of sexual violence
- <hawks are predatory and pose a danger to rabbits and other pets>
First Known Use of PREDATORY
1589
Related to PREDATORY
- Synonyms
- predaceous (or predacious), rapacious, raptorial
Rhymes with PREDATORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori
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