1. (a.) Living by preying upon others; plundering; pillaging\.

2. (a.) Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

3. (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.

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