predatory
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adjective
1. relating to or denoting an
animal
or
animals
prey
ing
naturally
on
others
:
捕食性の, 肉食性の〈動物〉
e.g.
predatory birds.
2. seeking to
exploit
or
oppress
others
:
略奪の, 略奪[性犯罪]を目的とした; 利己的な
e.g.
a life destroyed by predatory biographers and yellow journalists.
DERIVATIVES
predatorily
|ˌpredəˈtôrəlē| adverb
predatoriness
|ˈpredəˌtôrēnəs| noun
ORIGIN
late
16th century
(in the sense ‘relating to
plundering
’): from
Latin
praedatorius
, from
praedator
‘
plunderer
’ (see
predator
).