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rapacious

[ ruh-pey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate:

    a rapacious disposition.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  3. (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.


rapacious

/ rəˈpæsɪtɪ; rəˈpeɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. practising pillage or rapine
  2. greedy or grasping
  3. (of animals, esp birds) subsisting by catching living prey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • rapacity, noun
  • ˈ貹dzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·貹·dzܲ· adverb
  • ·貹··ٲ [r, uh, -, pas, -i-tee], ·貹·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ··貹·dzܲ adjective
  • un··貹·dzܲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rapacious1

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin 峦- (stem of “greedy,” akin to rapere “to seize”; rape 1 ) + -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rapacious1

C17: from Latin grasping, from rapere to seize
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Even in the triumph of the worst, which is the age of robber barons and the age of rapacious capitalism and imperialism, even those things were being contested.

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For Kyiv, it's the only way to guarantee the country's future survival, against a rapacious Russian enemy bent on subjugating Ukraine.

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Or, as John Huston’s rapacious tycoon Noah Cross says in “Chinatown,” “Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they’re capable of anything.”

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“The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him,” journalist Ken Klippenstein posted on X. “They’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about.”

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Despite Zelensky’s frequently passionate insistence that only membership of the Western alliance can ensure Ukraine’s survival against its large, rapacious neighbour, it’s clear Nato members remain divided on the issue.

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