Noah Webster's Dictionary 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Predatory (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured. (See NAS)