Thesaurus: rapacity

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1. n. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
2. n. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
3. n. extreme gluttony
4. n. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
5. n. (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
6. 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.
7. n:100 n extreme gluttony n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)