rapacious

1. a. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. Source: opted

2. a. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. Source: opted

3. a. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. Source: opted

4. adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey Source: wordnet

5. adj. excessively greedy and grasping Source: wordnet

6. adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities Source: wordnet

7. 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence,; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim Milton . Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n. Source: webster

8. j:100 s. excessively greedy and grasping Source: ecdict

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