bloodsucker

bloodsucker

1. Someone who preys (monetarily) upon a person or people through deceitful means, as through extortion or by means of a con. That insurance salesmen ended up being a total bloodsucker. He signed me up for coverage that I can't use, and it has cost me a fortune!
2. One who depends upon the generosity or resources of another person in a parasitic manner. Your friend seems like a bit of a bloodsucker. He kept asking everyone to pay for his drinks all night long.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • by means of
  • by means of (something)
  • by means of something
  • reck (one's) own rede
  • rede
  • bamboozle
  • bamboozled
  • get (one's) own back
  • get your own back
  • knock (someone or something) into shape
References in periodicals archive
Anton Yelchin does a good job as the teen in peril, Colin Farrell is full of brooding menace as the key bloodsucker, and David Tennant steals the show as entertainer Peter Vincent.
Cirque du Freak: the Vampire's Assistant ITV2, 10pm PREMIERE Adaptation of the teen fantasy novel, with Chris Massoglia as the fledgling bloodsucker joining a travelling circus with undead mentor John C.
London, Jan 23 (ANI): It seems as if Robert Pattinson wants to put his days as the bloodsucker Edward Cullen behind him.
SEMI-sequel to Interview With The Vampire sees the charismatic bloodsucker Lestat return from the grave, attracting the attention of the Queen of the Vampires played by the late R&B star Aaliyah.
He agrees to join the circus, learning the ways of the undead from the bloodsucker who transformed him, but is drawn into a war with a rival vampire faction.
The heroine, played by US star Kristen Stewart, was given a taste of the British spread by bloodsucker Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).
Van Helsing ITV2, 10pm Hugh Jackman vamps it up as the bloodsucker chasing hunter in a special FX blockbuster which never quite took off at the box office.
A HALF vampire swordsman clashes with Frost, a renegade bloodsucker.
London, May 12 (ANI): Irish actor Collin Farrell has signed up to play a bloodsucker in a remake of 1985 cult classic Fright Night.
WESLEY Snipes returns as bloodsucker Blade and is handed the daunting task of saving the world by eliminating the deadly Reaper and his vampire cronies.
In the end, he wasn't half bad as the bloodsucker who teaches Brad Pitt to be an immortal.
Felton, best known for playing villainous Draco Malfoy in the Potter series, and Greene, who plays bloodsucker Alice Cullen in the vampire films, were said to have signed up for the project.
Californian-born James plays British bloodsucker Spike in the international television hit which is broadcast on BBC 2 and Sky.
The actress said that she even thinks of herself as a real-life bloodsucker.
She's torn between her duty and her feelings for the bloodsucker.