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edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, ravenous, swinish, voracious
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China is a deep-pocketed, rapacious regime that poses a significant threat not just to American interests but to the entire civilized world. — Chen Guangcheng, Twin Cities, "Chen Guangcheng: Trump has the right strategy on Beijing. As a Chinese dissident, I’d know.," 5 Sep. 2019 These abusers are like the Old Testament god Molech, lying in wait with a rapacious hunger for the sacrifice of both children’s innocence and their trust in God. — Susan Codone, Twin Cities, "Susan Codone: Protestants must step up efforts to stop sexual abuse in churches," 28 Aug. 2019 Bili, truly an immigrant of our globalized time, can’t make rent in New York, and discovers on her return to China that her childhood residence, like so many others in China’s rapacious housing development drive, was razed. — Zoë Hu, The New Republic, "Crazy Sad Asians," 27 Aug. 2019 The Netherlands' all-time record goalscorer at World Cups, with seven, Rep was a rapacious footballer, and scored the winning goal in the 1973 European Cup final against Juventus. — SI.com, "Rinus Michels: The Dutch Master's All-Time Best XI," 14 Aug. 2019 There is not room for both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the lane reserved for those who think, eccentrically, the government is a tool of rapacious factions and that the government should be made much more powerful. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: For the Democrats, it’s winnowing time," 4 Aug. 2019 There is not room for both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the lane reserved for those who think, eccentrically, that the government is a tool of rapacious factions and that the government should be made much more powerful. — George Will, National Review, "For the Democrats, It’s Winnowing Time," 4 Aug. 2019 There is not room for both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the lane reserved for those who think, eccentrically, the government is a tool of rapacious factions and that the government should be made much more powerful. — George F. Will, The Denver Post, "Will: For the Democrats, it’s winnowing time," 4 Aug. 2019 It can be surmised, in other words, that the Catholic Church’s representatives in the Amazon might stand against the actions of rapacious developers intent on exploiting the Amazon in deeper and more devastating ways. — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, "Can Married Priests Help Save the Amazon?," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rapacious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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