parasitical

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In the first years of Slamdance’s existence, Sundance founder Robert Redford notoriously said that Slamdance “attached itself to us in a parasitical way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

It is helpful, because viruses are fundamentally parasitical, to understand their day-to-day existence through a framework similar to that used for comprehending other parasites.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

One of the great movies about vampires, which Abel Ferrara reimagines as a parasitical cult of addiction, a pyramid scheme for spreading evil.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2018

This is the sweet spot, how do you develop a parasitical approach to the relationship without killing the host.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2018

I was going to become one of the most depraved parasitical hustlers among New York’s eight million people—four million of whom work, and the other four million of whom live off them.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey