"predacious" in the adjective sense
1. predacious, predaceous
hunting and killing other animals for food
2. predaceous, predacious, predatory
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
"predatory capitalists"
"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott
"a predacious kind of animal
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