blood sport

See also: bloodsport

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blood sport (plural blood sports)

  1. (literally) A sport involving the killing or the shedding of blood of animals.
    Hyponyms: baiting, hunting, coursing
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others.
    • 2003, J. D. Brown, Josh Chin, Michelle Sans, Sharon Owyang, Beth Reiber, Graeme Smith, Peter Neville-Hadley, editor, Frommer's China, page 248:
      Shopping here is bloodsport, and you are the game, but the vendors are friendly.
    • 2020 June 5, Alyson Krueger, “The Agonizing Question: Is New York City Worth It Anymore?”, in New York Times‎:
      Debating the topic, of course, is practically a blood sport. There is an essay genre devoted to “Leaving New York.”

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