Bloodsucking Definition

bloodsucking
adjective
  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"

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