bloodsucking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bloodsucking
    adj 1: drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of
           bloodsucking insects"
    2: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a
       parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class
       parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines
       that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his
       indolent leechlike existence" [syn: {parasitic},
       {parasitical}, {leechlike}, {bloodsucking}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bloodsucking \bloodsucking\ adj.
   1. drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of
      bloodsucking insects.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living
      off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking
      blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.

   Syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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