rapacious

The definition of rapacious is to want more money or possessions than needed.

(adjective)

An example of a rapacious person is someone who constantly tries to get more money or real estate.

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See rapacious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. taking by force; plundering
  2. greedy or grasping; voracious
  3. living on captured prey; predatory

Origin: < L rapax (gen. rapacis) < rapere, to seize (see rape) + -ous

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See rapacious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Taking by force; plundering.
  2. Greedy; ravenous. See Synonyms at voracious.
  3. Subsisting on live prey.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin rapāx, rapāc-

Origin: , from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • ra·paˈcious·ly adverb
  • ra·pacˈi·ty (rə-păsˈĭ-tē), ra·paˈcious·ness noun

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