2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. ``The rapacity of some ages.'' --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
rapacity — index bad repute, extortion, larceny, pillage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rapacity — (n.) 1540s, from M.Fr. rapacité (16c.), from L. rapacitatem (nom. rapacitas) greediness, from rapax grasping (gen. rapacis) plundering, from rapere seize (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)) … Etymology dictionary
rapacity — greed, *cupidity, avarice Analogous words: covetousness, avariciousness, greediness, graspingness (see corresponding adjectives at COVETOUS): exaction, demanding or demand, claiming or claim (see corresponding verbs at DEMAND) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rapacity — [[t]rəpæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with poss (disapproval) Rapacity is very greedy or selfish behaviour. [FORMAL] He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on selfishness and rapacity . ...the rapacity of landlords… … English dictionary
rapacity — plėšrumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vienas iš pagrindinių biocenozės tarppopuliacinių ryšių – reiškinys, kai vieni organizmai (plėšrūnai) minta kitais organizmais (aukomis). Plėšrūnams tokie santykiai naudingi: suėdę… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
rapacity — rapacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressively greedy. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun rapacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin rapax, from rapere to snatch … English terms dictionary
rapacity — noun Date: 1543 the quality of being rapacious … New Collegiate Dictionary
rapacity — See rapaciously. * * * … Universalium
rapacity — noun The quality of being rapacious; voracity … Wiktionary
rapacity — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, claim, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, cupidity, demand, edacity, exaction, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttonousness, gluttony, grasping,… … Moby Thesaurus
