vulture investornoun [ C ]
ukusdisapproving FINANCE, STOCK MARKETa person or organization that buys shares cheaply in companies that are failing in order to take control, improve their performance, and so make money:
Bonds of troubled companies can offer profits to so-called vulture investors.
a person or organization that buys a company’s or country’s debt that has not been paid and takes legal action to get them to pay it:
Vulture investors are taking advantage of the rise in foreclosures.