Synonyms: predaceous, predacious, predatory
Definition: living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Usage: 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
Similar words: acquisitive
Definition: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Usage: an acquisitive mind; an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
Synonyms: predaceous, predacious
Definition: hunting and killing other animals for food
Similar words: carnivorous
Definition: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
Usage: carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects