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Rapacity

Rapacity Meaning & Definition
Rapacity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rapacity?

[n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] extreme gluttony

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rapacity: avarice | avaritia | covetousness | edacity | esurience | greed | rapaciousness | voraciousness | voracity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rapacity:

See Also | deadly sin | gluttony | mortal sin

Rapacity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ra*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See {Rapacious}.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. 2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. ``The rapacity of some ages.'' --Sprat.

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