[n] any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
[n] an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
[n] a cruelly rapacious person
[adj] (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"
[adj] without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
[adj] outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"
Synonyms
beast, brute, explorative, exploratory, savage, unauthorised, unauthorized, unofficial, unsound, wildcat well, wolf