superpredator
English edit
Etymology edit
super- + predator. Sociology sense coined by John DiIulio in the early 1990s.
Noun edit
superpredator (plural superpredators)
- (sociology) A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes as a result of being raised without morals.
- 2005, Gus Martin, Juvenile justice: process and systems:
- Superpredators theoretically arise from dysfunctional homes, inadequate schools, and morally bankrupt communities.
- (biology) A predator that eats other predators.
- Synonym: hyperpredator