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: vulturine, vulturous, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening
Definition: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Usage: a predatory bird; the rapacious wolf; raptorial birds; ravening wolves; a vulturine taste for offal
Similar words: aggressive
Definition: having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
Usage: an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions; aggressive drivers
Synonyms: marauding, raiding, predatory
Definition: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
Usage: bands of marauding Indians; predatory warfare; a raiding party
Similar words: offensive
Definition: for the purpose of attack rather than defense
Usage: offensive weapons