About The Word Rapacity
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Rapacity
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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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