bloodsucker
Drains vital fluid
A bloodsucker is a creature that feeds on blood—leeches, mosquitoes, vampire bats.
The word extends figuratively to people who exploit others for money or resources: The landlord is a bloodsucker who raises rent every year.
The figurative use implies parasitic extraction, taking without giving anything back.
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- fleaBlood-drinking jumping pest
- bedbugBlood-sucking mattress dweller
lamprey · lice · mite · horsefly · blackfly · sandfly · chigger · gnat
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- sharkCartilaginous marine predator
- vultureCarrion-eating raptor
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
profiteer · usurer · extortionist · slumlord · loan shark · predator · racketeer · gouger
leech
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
bedbug · lamprey · lice · mite · horsefly · blackfly · sandfly · chigger · gnat · midge
leech
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
swindler · profiteer · usurer · extortionist · slumlord · loan shark · predator · racketeer · gouger · con artist
leech
Blood-feeding aquatic worm
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- moocherOne who cadges habitually
- freeloaderOne exploiting others' generosity
scrounger · hanger-on · user · drain · parasite · dependent · siphon · mooch · deadbeat · taker
undead
Deceased yet animate
garlic · immortal · nightwalker · bat · count · crypt · bloodlust · pale · cross · sunlight
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- bloodsuckersmosquito, tick, flea, leech, bedbug
- bug nicknamesbug, critter, creepy crawly, crawler, pest
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
- Mosquitoesmosquito, Anopheles, bite, bites, tiger mosquito
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
bloodsuckerbenefactor
One who gives aid
philanthropist · giver · donor · supporter · patron