vulture[verb]Synonyms: steal, cly, cop, filch, heist, hook, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
vul‧ture /ˈvʌltʃə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: vultur]
1. a large bird that eats dead animals
2. someone who uses other people’s problems and suffering for their own advantage – used to show disapproval:
He hadn’t been dead five minutes before those vultures from the media were after his widow. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲