I.a plunderer, pillager.
I. Lit. (class.): “quos ego in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono,” Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: “exercitus, praedator ex sociis,” Sall. J. 44, 1.—
II. Transf.
A. A hunter (poet.): “praedator aprorum,” Ov. M. 12, 306; Stat. Th. 4, 316.—Transf.: “corporis,” i. e. a ravisher, Petr. 85, 3.—*
B. A rapacious or avaricious man, Tib. 2, 3, 43.