any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles.

any of several superficially similar New World birds of the family Cathartidae, as the turkey vulture.

a person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously

That vulture would sell out his best friend.

adjective

vulturine , vulturous