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.