1 (technical) (of animals) living by killing and eating other animals:
predatory birds / insects
2 (written) (of people) using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage:
a predatory insurance salesman * a predatory look / smile * predatory young women
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Is predatory a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, predatory is tagged as adjective.
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