Definitions for Predatory
ˈprɛd əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr ipreda·to·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marauding, predatory, raidingadjective

   characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

   "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

2. predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturousadjective

   living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

   "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

3. predaceous, predacious, predatoryadjective

   living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

   "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. predatoryadjective

   Of, or relating to a predator.

2. predatoryadjective

   Living by preying on other living animals.

3. predatoryadjective

   Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

4. Etymology: From praedatorius.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Predatoryadjective

   Etymology: prædatorius, Lat. from præda, Lat.

   1. Plundering; practising rapine.

   The king called his parliament, where he exaggerated the malice and the cruel predatory war made by Scotland. Francis Bacon.

   2. Hungry; preying; rapacious; ravenous.

   The evils that come of exercise are, that it maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Predatory

   Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, have sharp claws or jaws to grip, kill, and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey develop antipredator adaptations such as warning coloration, alarm calls and other signals, camouflage, mimicry of well-defended species, and defensive spines and chemicals. Sometimes predator and prey find themselves in an evolutionary arms race, a cycle of adaptations and counter-adaptations. Predation has been a major driver of evolution since at least the Cambrian period.

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1. predatory

   Predatory refers to a behavior or action characterized by exploiting or victimizing others, often in an aggressive, deceitful, or ruthless manner. It can be used to describe creatures that survive by hunting and killing other animals, or persons or entities that take advantage of others for personal gain, often unethically or unfairly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Predatoryadjective

   characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party

2. Predatoryadjective

   hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits

3. Predatoryadjective

   living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous

4. Etymology: [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Predatory

   = predaceous: q.v.

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1. portrayed

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Predatory in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Predatory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Predatory in a Sentence

1. Penn Badgley:

   The point of my comment was not to confess a personal trauma, i was speaking about the way emotional and physical boundaries are violated for someone in the public eye, who is seen as an object of desire. Depending on so many factors, it can range from conscious abuse to something very unconscious -- and that is the point I was making, cautiously, in the context of a conversation about fanaticism and cultural norms which support manipulative or abusive behavior. These are the same norms which support predatory men, but not exclusively predatory men. They affect, and infect, us all.

2. Diane Yentel:

   There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

3. Henry Havelock Ellis:

   The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

4. Missouri Attorney General:

   The Macks Creek law was enacted to protect Missourians from predatory traffic ticketing, as we continue to identify areas for reform, an important first step is to require St. Louis County municipalities to follow the Macks Creek law to the letter. Based on my review, these thirteen municipalities did not.

5. Maxine Waters:

   Hedge funds have a long history of predatory conduct and that conduct is entirely indefensible.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Predatory
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Predatory
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Predatory
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Predatory
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Predatory