1580s, "involving plundering," from Latin praedatorius "pertaining to plunder," from praedator "plunderer," from praedor "to plunder," from praeda "prey&qu [..]

killing other animals for food.

adj. Prone to pillaging.

inclined or intended to injure competitors by unfair means [subject to antitrust liability for conduct "National Law Journal"] [ bidding]

Living by preying on others (adjective) [synonym = predacious. The spelling predaceous is incorrect].15

(see Frank and McCoy 1989). Predacious is one of a group of words (rapacious, ferocious, pugnacious are others) with ending -ious, and differing from botanical terms (herbaceous, foliaceous, rosaceous [..]

(adj) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding(adj) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey(adj) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain [..]