Definition of predatory Predatory
/pɹɛˈdʌtɔˌɹi/ - [predutoree] - pred•a•to•ry
We found 11 definitions of predatory from 4 different sources.
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What does predatory mean?
WordNet
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| predatory - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" | ||
| rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous | ||
| aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" | ||
| predatory - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton | ||
| predaceous, predacious | ||
| predatory - characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" | ||
| marauding, raiding | ||
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Wiktionary 
- predatory (Adjective)
Of, or relating to a predator. - predatory (Adjective)
Living by preying on other living animals. - predatory (Adjective)
Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- predatory (a.)
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. - predatory (a.)
Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. - predatory (a.)
Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
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Of, or relating to a predator. -
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Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
