Hunting and killing other animals for food.

synonym: predacious.

Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.

synonyms: predacious, predatory.

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; privative^†, prehensile; predaceous, predal^†, predatory, predatorial^†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic.    bereft etc. 776.    ... show more

Roget 791: thieving etc. v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious^†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal^†, predatory, predatorial^†; raptorial etc. (rapacious) 789.    stolen etc. v.. ... show more