Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sucking or drawing blood; preying on the blood: as, “blood-sucking sighs,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective drawing blood from the body of another.
- adjective having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of an animal That draws off the
blood of another animal - adjective by extension, of a person
parasitic ,leechlike orfreeloading
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
- adjective drawing blood from the body of another
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Examples
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The answer, in part, is that the bloodsucking is a bi-partisan feast.
Ken Lay's Alive! 2006
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Pattinson's security trebled to protect him from 'bloodsucking' fans
unknown title 2009
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LA Times article that informed us that said milking strategies (or shall we say "bloodsucking" strategies?) start with the local hotels.
HotelChatter - 2008
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Why are these little bloodsucking critters not going away?
Michael Colongione: Why We Still Can't Stop Bed Bugs Michael Colongione 2011
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This August there will be dark clouds of bloodsucking creatures in Scotland.
Weatherwatch: Beware the swarms of biting midges at dusk 2011
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Although reading about some of them might amuse you, these are not the type of bloodsucking fiends you would want to come across in a dark alley.
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The discoveries of the bloodsucking pests at high-profile places are often not full-blown infestations, or even in public areas.
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Why are these little bloodsucking critters not going away?
Michael Colongione: Why We Still Can't Stop Bed Bugs Michael Colongione 2011
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Crews responding to the blaze Wednesday also had to battle bedbugs, the bloodsucking insects quickly becoming the scourge of households and businesses across the country.
Denver Firefighters Battle Bedbugs Escaping From Burning House AP 2010
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Crews responding to the blaze Wednesday also had to battle bedbugs, the bloodsucking insects quickly becoming the scourge of households and businesses across the country.
Denver Firefighters Battle Bedbugs Escaping From Burning House AP 2010
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