PREDATORY

[adjective]The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws.The game involves hunting down your opponents and shooting them with paint, and is designed to appeal to people's predatory instincts.(esp. disapproving) If a person or organization is predatory, they try to obtain something that belongs to someone else.The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.(disapproving) A predatory person can also be someone who expresses sexual interest in a very obvious way.I hate going to bars on my own because men look at you in such a predatory way.(specialized) If a company uses predatory pricing, it offers goods at such a low price that other companies cannot compete with it.The airline has reduced its prices so sharply that it has been accused of predatory pricing.