Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vulturine character or quality; rapacity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being like a
vulture ;rapaciousness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And that's probably a good thing, though we smell a faint whiff of "vulturism" in this story.
Dealbreaker 2009
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Any time the poor-choicers denounce us for our terrorism, just call them on their vulturism: their inflated, overheated and deceptive rhetoric designed to manipulate the public, and which profits from the shooting of an abortionist.
Poor-choicers engage in vulturism Suzanne 2009
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BIG BLUE WAVE: Poor-choicers engage in vulturism skip to main
Poor-choicers engage in vulturism Suzanne 2009
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They are labeled terrorists because of a type of political opportunism I call “vulturism.”
Poor-choicers engage in vulturism Suzanne 2009
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Oh, horrible vulturism of earth! from which not the mightiest whale is free.
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Oh, horrible vulturism of earth! from which not the mightiest whale is free.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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