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.

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rapacious (Thesaurus)

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