rapacious

ra·pa·cious (rə pā′s̸həs)

adjective

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

ra·pa′·ciously adverb ra·pac′·ity (rə pas′ə tē) noun or ra·pa′·cious·ness

modif.

Modifies a noun

appetite: Ladybirds are a most welcome visitor to the garden, with their rapacious appetite for aphids.
loan: Reveal and aware of the fact what you can do to let alone rapacious loan and credit dealers.
power: The most powerful and rapacious imperial power in history is rampant.
development: Rapacious development must not be allowed to infringe green spaces in the Calder valley.
bank: The rapacious banks estimate precisely by mortgages the rate of increase of ruin of the peasants!
beast: Is it the rapacious anti-union beast run by Americans that exploits workers as portrayed by the GMB union?

Modifying Another Word

alone: Reveal and aware of the fact what you can do to let alone rapacious loan and credit dealers.
sexually: Stella and Anita become sexually rapacious and the next morning Ken and Dave's bodies are discovered beside the now empty meteorite crater.

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