vulture

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvʌltʃə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈvʌltʃɚ/

Noun

vulture (plural vultures)

1. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
2. (figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

   Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

   Synonyms: ambulance chaser, vampire

Translations

• French: vautour
• German: Geier, Geierin
• Italian: avvoltoio, grifone (griffon vulture)
• Portuguese: abutre, urubu
• Russian: гриф
• Spanish: buitre, zopilote

Translations

• French: charognard
• German: Aasgeier
• Russian: стервя́тник
• Spanish: buitre

Verb

vulture (vultures, present participle vulturing; past vultured, past participle vultured)

1. (figurative, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

   Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.

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