Definitions for predatory

predatory pred·a·to·ry

Spelling: [pred-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /ˈprɛd əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Predatory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 453 anagrams from letters in predatory (adeoprrty).

Definitions for predatory

adjective

  1. Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
  2. of, relating to, or characterized by plunder, pillage, robbery, or exploitation:
  3. engaging in or living by these activities:
  4. excessive or exploitive in amount or cost, as out of greed or to take advantage of consumers or patrons:
  5. acting with or possessed by overbearing, rapacious, or selfish motives:

Origin of predatory

From the Latin word praedātōrius, dating back to 1580-90. See predator, -tory1

Examples for predatory

How Rousseff's fall from grace will play into Brazil's predatory political scene is now an open question.

Allegations that these two men are abusive and predatory have gone on for years now.

His courage might have been predatory, for he certainly liked to eat lobster.

As he says, most men are not predatory sex pests, trying to force themselves on women, get a hand up her skirt, or cop a feel.

It was the evening before his return to school, and there was a predatory look in his eye.

This, it should be said, bears an eerie similarity to the targeted, predatory lending of the last decade.

Nonetheless, Washington has chosen to allow Chinese predatory behavior to continue.

But you can't take a predatory, savage pirate and love him into decency!

See here, this creature, imperfect as it is, represents the predatory machine.

What remembrances does this imply of the hunt, what of the predatory dark?

Word Value for predatory
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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