Harpy

Mary is a harpy.

Mary's a harpy.

My landlady is a harpy.

Both table and provisions vanish'd quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.

But her most subtle wiles proved ineffectual in ridding her, even for a moment, of her harpy jailer[…]

[…] Ed Miliband has yet to come up with a definition of “the squeezed middle” that excludes anyone, but you can bet your bottom dollar he has these laptop-wielding harpies in mind.

c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool.