VULTURE


Meaning of VULTURE in English

vul ‧ ture /ˈvʌltʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: vultur ]

1 . a large bird that eats dead animals

2 . someone who uses other people’s problems and suffering for their own advantage – used to show disapproval:

He hadn’t been dead five minutes before those vultures from the media were after his widow.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.