predatory
IPA: prˈɛdʌtɔri
adjective
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
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Examples of "predatory" in Sentences
- SEGARS: Well, that ` s-- actually you use the term predatory, and that is absolutely what happened.
- COLLINS: Lawmakers are threatening possible legislation to stop what they call predatory practices by credit cards.
- The attorney working with Ferguson (ph) says it's not just the mortgage brokers who are at fault for what he calls predatory lending.
- Meanwhile, a prominent group opposed to what it calls "predatory" gambling says colleges would be wise to look this gift horse in the mouth.
- Some consumer advocates say these rising living costs have coincided with what they describe as predatory lending practices by credit companies.
- According to the lawsuit, Carpenter had marched with other demonstrators to the bank to close her account to protest what they call predatory lending and unfair banking fees.
- At the Foundation, we have coined the term "predatory proselytization" to describe the tactics of many of these groups, where vulnerable populations read poorest of the poor are targeted for conversion through coercive means such as access to jobs, health care or education -- access, of course, depending on accepting as Savior the "right God."
- The proper reply to this legislation which we describe as predatory in the sense that we describe the benevolent habits of Robin Hood as predatory, cannot be made by the official opposition which was itself the first to step on the down grade, and which only waits the chances of party warfare to take its turn in providing _panem et circenses_ at the charge of the public exchequer.
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