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rapacious

adj
/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/UK

Etymology

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).

  1. derived from rapāx

Definitions

  1. Voracious

    Voracious; avaricious.

    • To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
    • Big Tech companies, on the other hand, have proven themselves to be rapacious capitalists—they take as much as they can and ask for permission later.

  2. Given to taking by force or plundering

    Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.

    • A Prince […] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.

  3. Subsisting off live prey.

    • Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for […] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place[…]

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Derived

unrapacious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA