: 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
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
Recent Examples on the WebAs for the creature's disappearing act, DNR told Havlik a vulture probably swooped down and nabbed it. John Tuohy, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022 As for the creature's disappearing act, DNR told Havlik a vulture probably swooped down and nabbed it. John Tuohy, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022 An American golden-plover at Orchard Beach in Squantum, a marbled godwit at the Squantum Marshes, a little blue heron at Rosemary Lake in Needham, and two black vultures in the Blue Hills in Canton and another black vulture in Wrentham.BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 As for the creature's disappearing act, DNR told Havlik a vulture probably swooped down and nabbed it. John Tuohy, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022 As for the creature's disappearing act, DNR told Havlik a vulture probably swooped down and nabbed it. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2022 Plummeting wholesale prices, shortsighted regulations and wildly excessive taxes are crippling the very craft growers who built the California cannabis industry, while large-scale corporate cannabis operations wait vulture-like in the wings. Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2022 It’s a classic ring-the-bell sledgehammer-slammer, featuring a 20-foot plywood sleeping George Bush with a vulture on its shoulder. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022 Nearby, another mural by Matarrita, this time painted on a security screen, celebrates an unpopular bird: the black vulture. James F. Lee, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English vultur, from Anglo-French, from Latin