açgözlü kimse

Turkish - English

Definition of açgözlü kimse in Turkish English dictionary

vulture

A person who profits from the suffering of others

Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals

disapproval If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle. Any of 20 species of bare-headed, keen-sighted birds of prey found in temperate and tropical regions. New World vultures (family Cathartidae) are 24-28 in. (60-70 cm) long. Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) include the smallest (20 in., or 50 cm, long) and the largest vulture species. The cinereous, or black, vulture (Aegypius monachus), one of the largest living birds of flight, grows to about 40 in. (100 cm) long, weighs almost 30 lbs (13 kg), and has a 9-ft (2.7-m) wingspread. Most species eat carrion, garbage, and excrement but will occasionally eat a live animal. See also condor, marabou, turkey vulture

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

someone who attacks in search of booty

{i} any of various large carrion-eating birds; predatory person or thing

Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ

Hyphenation

aç·göz·lü kim·se