predatory
Of, or relating to a predator.
Other meanings
Living by preying on other living animals.
Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
Related words
- predatory pricing
- predatory conference
- predatory journal
- predatory tunicate
- predatorially
- predatory publishing
- predatory incursion
- antipredatory
- macropredatory
- mesopredatory
- micropredatory
- nonpredatory
Word history
From Latin "praedātōrius".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “predatory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.