1
: any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
2
: a rapacious or predatory person
Examples of vulture in a Sentence
As soon as they learned of his arrest, the media vultures started circling.
noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public
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Photos show the hooded vulture chick in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Allen’s only a potential vulture of Breece Hall’s touchdowns at this point.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Photos show the hooded vulture chick in KwaZulu-Natal.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
One of vultures in a barren tree.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Vulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulture. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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vulture
noun
vul·ture
ˈvəl-chər 
1
: any of various large birds that feed mostly on animals found dead and that are related to the hawks and eagles but have weaker claws and the head usually naked
2
: a greedy or predatory person
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