A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
2. countable noun
If you call someone a bloodsucker, you disapprove of them because you think they do not do anything worthwhile but live off the efforts of other people.
[disapproval]
At last he was free from the financial bloodsuckers.
bloodsucker in British English
(ˈblʌdˌsʌkə)
noun
1.
an animal that sucks blood, esp a leech or mosquito
2.
a person or thing that preys upon another person, esp by extorting money
Derived forms
bloodsucking (ˈbloodˌsucking)
adjective
bloodsucker in American English
(ˈblʌdˌsʌkər)
noun
1.
an animal that sucks blood, esp. a leech
2.
a person who extorts or otherwise takes as much as possible from another
Derived forms
bloodsucking (ˈbloodˌsucking)
adjective, noun
Examples of 'bloodsucker' in a sentence
bloodsucker
That's how his bloodsucker business manager siphoned off so much of his money.