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plural vultures
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. examples
(figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others. examples
third-person singular simple present vultures, present participle vulturing, simple past and past participle vultured
(figurative, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture. examples
(obsolete) ravenous; rapacious quotations
Whose vultur thought doth pitch the price so hie,That she will draw his lips rich treasure drie.The spelling has been modernized.
1593, 1896