predator

Definition

  • noun: an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
  • noun: one that preys, destroys, or devours

Examples

  • a sexual 'predator' [=a person who commits sexual crimes against other people]

  • The population of rabbits is controlled by natural 'predators'.

  • a corporate 'predator' acquiring business rivals

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) infecting the populace with a lethal illness is not exactly a cure. It's not a cure. It's camouflage. It's camouflage. There's a natural precedent. Hungry predators will avoid diseased bodies. Equipped with the right pathogen, our troops would be essentially invisible to the enemy. (..)
    2013 World War Z