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Bloodsucking

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Adjective

1. bloodsucking

drawing blood from the body of another

Example Sentences:
'a plague of bloodsucking insects'

2. bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasitical

of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

Example Sentences:
'a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses'
'parasitic vines that strangle the trees'
'bloodsucking blackmailer'
'his indolent leechlike existence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bloodsucking

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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

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Bloodsucking

see synonyms of bloodsucking
noun
1. 
an animal that sucks blood, esp. a leech
2. 
a person who extorts or otherwise takes as much as possible from another

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Bloodsucking

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n.
1. An animal, such as a leech, that sucks blood.
2. An extortionist or a blackmailer.
3. A person who is intrusively or overly dependent upon another; a parasite.

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