RAPACITY Definition & Meaning

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rapacity

[ ruh-pas-i-tee ]

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noun

the quality of being rapacious, or given to seizing things for plunder:
That the monastery was raided six times, and burned 26 times in between, shows the rapacity of the Vikings.
extreme greediness; predatory quality or character:
People blamed the higher prices on the rapacity of businesses.
(of animals) the fact or characteristic of subsisting by the capture of living prey:
The early settlers of America suffered from the severity of the climate and the rapacity of wolves.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rapacity¹

First recorded in 1490–1500, from Latin ��峦��, equivalent to ��峦��- (stem of �� “g��”; rapacious ( def ) ) + -tās -ty ²( def )

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Nor has there ever been a time when the link between our rapacity and our present misery has felt as clear.

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But we had no illusion that Ricca, et al., would actually restrain their rapacity.

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In the first, we find capitalism unbound, in all its rapacity.

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In the speech, Barr described a political philosophy driven by the need to counter an “individual rapacity” in humans that quickly produces “licentiousness” and the destruction of “healthy community life” if not restrained.

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They also testify to a particular seam of human history, one of resource extraction, rapacity and systematic abuse.

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