Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism that lives by preying on other organisms.
- noun A person or group that robs, victimizes, or exploits others for gain.
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- noun any
animal or otherorganism thathunts andkills other organisms (theirprey ), primarily forfood - noun someone who
attacks andplunders forgain
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any animal that lives by preying on other animals
- noun someone who attacks in search of booty
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term predator conjures up images of horror in most people.
Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free 2010
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Once I stand, even if he doesn't pick me up immediately with his 270-degree vision, he'll see my shadow and know instantly that a predator is above him.
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He really gets pretty funky in this thing, and you see a little bit of that in the teaser as he's dueling with this drone predator from the falling tank.
‘A-Team Week’: Bradley Cooper Turns Face Into James Bond? » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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The predator is every bit good looking too; while actually a high quality plastic, the case is functional as well as being attractive.
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He really gets pretty funky in this thing, and you see a little bit of that in the teaser as he's dueling with this drone predator from the falling tank.
‘A-Team Week’: Bradley Cooper Turns Face Into James Bond? » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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There's a reason why the best place to find a child-sex predator is in conservative Christian strongholds, but I'll save that for another post.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Thus, a prey that can sit still escapes detection as long as the predator is not too close.
Archive 2009-06-01 AYDIN 2009
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About two seconds after this photograph was taken, the mosquito fish to Mr. Hawgmouth's lower left swam a little too close to Mr. Hawgmouth, whereupon Mr. Hawgmouth got a tasty lunch and my son and I got the kind of interactive lesson in predator-prey dynamics you just can't replicate on television.
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Because a child predator is exactly the same as two consenting adults?
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There's a reason why the best place to find a child-sex predator is in conservative Christian strongholds, but I'll save that for another post.
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