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say it: PRED-uh-taw-ree
predatory is an adjective meaning "characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding". It carries 3 recorded senses.
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”
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
“predatory capitalists”
“a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal”
“a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for predatory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.