Rapacity

Rapacity
Rapacity Ra*pac"i*ty (r[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacit['e]. See {Rapacious}.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. [1913 Webster]

2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. ``The rapacity of some ages.'' --Sprat. [1913 Webster]


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  • 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

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  • 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

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