vulture

vautour

Grand oiseau qui se nourrit surtout d’animaux morts.

En anglais simple : A large bird that mainly feeds on dead animals.

• A vulture flew overhead.
• Several vultures gathered around the dead animal.
• We watched a vulture spread its enormous wings.

Expressions courantes : circling vulture, vulture wings, vulture colony, wild vulture

vautour

Personne qui profite de la souffrance ou des problèmes des autres pour gagner de l’argent ou obtenir un avantage.

En anglais simple : A person who gains money or another advantage from someone else's suffering or problems.

• Those buyers are vultures.
• Financial vultures bought the struggling company's land cheaply.
• He called the lender a vulture for charging desperate families so much.

Synonymes : exploiter, predator

Expressions courantes : financial vulture, greedy vulture, vulture investor

rôder autour de

Tourner autour de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose en attendant une occasion de s’approcher ou d’en profiter.

En anglais simple : To move around someone or something while waiting for a chance to approach or take advantage.

• The photographers vultured nearby.
• He vultured around her table, waiting to speak.
• Buyers were vulturing around the failing company.

Comment l'utiliser : vulture around someone/something (Reporters vultured around the departing director.)

Synonymes : hover, circle

Expressions courantes : vulture around someone, vulture over something