/ ˈpredətri; NAmE -tɔːri/ adjective
1.
( technical ) ( of animals ) living by killing and eating other animals
2.
( of people ) using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage :
a predatory insurance salesman
a predatory look
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense relating to plundering ): from Latin praedatorius , from praedator plunderer, from praedat- seized as plunder, from the verb praedari seize as plunder, from praeda booty.