<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.</li><li>(in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.</li><li>a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist.</li><li>a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces.</li><li>an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies.</li></ul>