vulturous

ADJECTIVE

predatory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

greedy marauding rapacious voracious

WEAK

bloodthirsty carnivorous depredatory despoiling hungry hunting pillaging plundering predacious predative preying raptorial ravaging ravening thieving vulturine wolfish

Example Sentences

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Vulturous black marketeers swooped on the scene to hawk phony tickets at $8 apiece.

From Time Magazine Archive