01 adj. drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of bloodsucking insects.
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1.
drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of bloodsucking insects.
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2.
having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.
Syn.
parasitic, parasitical, leechlike.