Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another. Synonyms:leechlike, parasitic, parasitical."Parasitic vines that strangle the trees" , "Bloodsucking blackmailer" , "His indolent leechlike existence"
... money in the hands of a few merchants of Tripoli, who are under the protection of the Consuls. He was writing teskeras to obtain money from those Tripoli merchants. "The Pasha," he added, "gets no benefit from these deposits, nor the people. The Tripoli merchants are lying, bloodsucking Jews." Did not go out again till the evening; occupied in copying a long letter for The Times. My sugar and tea go very fast. Do not know what I should have done unless the Ramadan had interposed to save these luxuries of The Desert. It is surprising how rigid the fast is kept. Not a soul ... — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson
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