culture vulture UK /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə ˌvʌlt͡ʃə/US /ˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹ ˌvʌlt͡ʃəɹ/ noun2 •(informal, humorous) A person with a rapacious, sometimes inauthentic, interest in the arts.Around 59th and Lexington, where Dry Dock Savings Bank is located, pickings are lush for the purple-pantsuited culture vulture. — 1970 •(slang, disapproving) Someone who engages in cultural appropriation; a cultural appropriator. formsculture vultures · culture-vultures