单词 | predatoriness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpredatoriness ˈpredatoriness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] > quality of predacity1839 predatoriness1890 predaciousness1900 1890 Cent. Dict. Predatoriness, the character of being predatory; inclination to prey or plunder. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 2/2 Régime of Rapacity. Career of Confiscation. Period of Predatoriness. 1963 Times 7 Mar. 13/2 The techniques of power, of political manipulation, of the predatoriness of officialdom, become even more insidiously efficient. 2002 K. Knop Diversity & Self-determination in Internat. Law iv. 137 The picture of the original inhabitants that emerges..is one of vulnerability to the predatoriness of European traders and the spread of disease brought by the white races. < as lemmas |
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