vulture
(vʌltʃəʳ )
Word forms: vultures
1. countable noun
A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
2. countable noun
If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles. [journalism, disapproval]
With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
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Translations:
Chinese: 秃鹰
Japanese: ハゲワシ