Predatory /(?)/

Pred·a·to·ry

Predatory

a.
  1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
  2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.]
    Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory.
  3. Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous. (Zool.)