an animal that kills and eats other animals 捕食者；捕食性動物 Some animals have no natural predators. 有些動物沒有天敵。 the relationship between predator and prey 捕食者和獵物之間的關系
- (disapproving)
a person or an organization that uses weaker people for their own advantage 弱肉強食的人（或機構）；剝削者；掠奪者 to protect domestic industry from foreign predators 保護本國工業不受外來剝削
Word Origin1920s: from Latin praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.