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noun
A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A predator that eats other predators.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: hyperpredator
Antonyms: none provided
History
From super- + predator. Sociology sense coined by American political scientist John DiIulio in 1995.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
