Definition of "vulture" in English

noun

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.

verb

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

   • Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.

adjective

1. (obsolete) ravenous; rapacious