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Significados de predatory em inglês

Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.

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Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.

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Examples for "raiding"
Examples for "raiding"
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The Great Wall of China was unable to repel the raiding hordes.
News.com.au
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Police fired to stop the protesters from raiding the compounds, they said.
Reuters
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He usually fought from the water, raiding and leaving with deadly swiftness.
The captive
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I surprise a family of raccoons raiding the Dumpster, but no Sally.
Arcadia falls
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Meanwhile, the cavalry of Guthrum were raiding the country far and wide.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
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Fishing and swimming were their chief pastimes, with general marauding for adventure.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
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Another account tells of marauding bands of Shechemites which disturbed the district.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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War broke out suddenly, and the country was overrun by marauding bands.
Reviews
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He went marauding elsewhere, and she divorced him by act of parliament.
No Defense, Complete
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Not since duffers and land-lubbers have been marauding over Penbeacon-aye ,andelsewhere.
The Long Vacation

Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.

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Uso de predatory em inglês
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Let me ask your opinion, Father, about this epidemic of predatory priests.
Boston noir
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Accusations include predatory pricing, offering illegal taxi services and breaking competition rules.
BBC
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An even older rule, going back to the very earliest predatory animals.
Grand junction
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Lawmakers are also working to protect consumers from predatory mortgage lending practices.
Reuters
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These happen to be the policies which best suit predatory financial speculators.
The Guardian
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Leaders at the rally also urged stronger legislation to prevent predatory lending.
Reuters
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Sharaf had seen some of the predatory males out in Media City.
Layover in dubai
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But they probably don't signify the moment when predatory behaviour first evolved.
BBC
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It was a predatory smile-onthis subject I consider myself an expert.
Stories: all-new tales
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He practically admitted that over-population was the inevitable soil of predatory capitalism.
The Pivot of Civilization
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His youth encouraged the AEtolians to make predatory incursions into the Peloponnesus.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
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The migratory instinct seems to subdue for a season the predatory instinct.
Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation
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A predatory effort that helps keep Huddersfield alive in the top flight.
The Guardian
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Within such environments, the bacterium must defend itself against predatory protozoan grazers.
Pubmed
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I defy anybody to produce a more successfully predatory family than mine.
The Bent Twig
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Somehow the night made me forget the rains and the predatory arthropods.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
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