rapacious
given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
(of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
Origin of rapacious
1synonym study For rapacious
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Other words from rapacious
- ra·pa·cious·ly, adverb
- ra·pac·i·ty [ruh-pas-i-tee], /rəˈpæs ɪ ti/, ra·pa·cious·ness, noun
- un·ra·pa·cious, adjective
- un·ra·pa·cious·ly, adverb
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How to use rapacious in a sentence
He capitalized on resentment of an elite enriching themselves in a rapacious economy.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight | by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | July 22, 2021 | ProPublicaSocial media platforms, for better or worse, are the principal mediums for athletes to communicate “what they believe in,” whether it’s protecting the Arctic from the rapacious oil industry, or the subtle eroticism of the burrito.
Big Tech companies, on the other hand, have proven themselves to be rapacious capitalists—they take as much as they can and ask for permission later.
Can you believe we’re talking about in-person events?; Thursday’s daily brief | Henry Powderly | March 18, 2021 | Search Engine LandDemocratically elected majorities, conservatives point out, pose just as much, or even more of a threat to personal security and individual right—especially the right to property—as rapacious kings or greedy elites.
‘Freedom’ Means Something Different to Liberals and Conservatives. Here’s How the Definition Split—And Why That Still Matters | Annelien de Dijn | August 25, 2020 | TimeThe wheeling-dealing sometimes goes too far—or at least offends someone more rapacious.
Which brings us to the elephant in the room—the rapacious advance of online bookselling, personified by Amazon.
A couple of factors, both internal and environmental, are at play when such rapacious violence spreads like a brushfire.
Does the idea of watching a doe-eyed woman wolf down rapacious amounts of food make you mad with desire?
These early rehearsal scenes see Simmons go for the jugular, verbally undressing his students with rapacious license.
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Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiIn the time of nidification the most feeble birds will assault the most rapacious.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | Gilbert WhiteTake a fair and noble mistress, one younger, less rapacious.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayHe had to urge the Council to stay the Commissioners at Sherborne, whose rapacious activity had again awoke.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingBishoprics, once conferred for wisdom and piety, had become prizes for the rapacious and ambitious.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for rapacious
/ (rəˈpeɪʃəs) /
practising pillage or rapine
greedy or grasping
(of animals, esp birds) subsisting by catching living prey
Origin of rapacious
1Derived forms of rapacious
- rapaciously, adverb
- rapacity (rəˈpæsɪtɪ) or rapaciousness, noun
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