superpredator — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.

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   In 1996 [DiIulio] authored an incendiary warning of a "rising tide of juvenile superpredators" [and in the National Review] "[a]ll that's left of the black community in […] urban America is deviant, delinquent, and criminal adults[.]"

   Superpredators theoretically arise from dysfunctional homes, inadequate schools, and morally bankrupt communities.

2. A predator that eats other predators.

   Synonyms

   hyperpredator