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Meaning of rapacious
ra•pa•cious
Pronunciation: (ru-pā'shus), [key]
— adj.
- given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
- (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
See also:
- rapacious (Thesaurus)