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rapacity
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Rapacity
(gcide) | Rapacity \Ra*pac"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
rapacitas: cf. F. rapacit['e]. See Rapacious.]
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness;
ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of
wolves.
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2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive
injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of
some ages." --Sprat.
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rapacity
(wn) | rapacity
n 1: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience,
rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] |
rapacity
(devil) | RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
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Rapacity
(gcide) | Rapacity \Ra*pac"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
rapacitas: cf. F. rapacit['e]. See Rapacious.]
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness;
ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of
wolves.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive
injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of
some ages." --Sprat.
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