predatory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

   Predatory capitalists.

2. 2
   adj

   living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

   A predatory bird.

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Simplified etymology

Predatory, recorded in the late 16th century, derives from the Latin word family of praedari “to plunder” and praeda “booty,” which arose from a shortened form of prehendere “to seize.”

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y.

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