rapacity
[ ruh-pas-i-tee ]
noun
the quality of being rapacious, or given to seizing things for plunder: That the monastery was raided six times, and burned 26 times in between, shows the rapacity of the Vikings.
extreme greediness; predatory quality or character: People blamed the higher prices on the rapacity of businesses.
(of animals) the fact or characteristic of subsisting by the capture of living prey: The early settlers of America suffered from the severity of the climate and the rapacity of wolves.
Origin of rapacity
1- Also ra·pa·cious·ness [ruh-pey-shuhs-nis] /rəˈpeɪ ʃəs nɪs/ .
Other words from rapacity
- un·ra·pa·cious·ness, noun
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