rapacity
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Definition of rapacity
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Synonyms for rapacity
Synonyms
acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed, greediness, mercenariness, rapaciousness
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Examples of rapacity in a Sentence
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Witnessing enough scenes like these over 25 years of reviewing luxury hotels has finally caused my poker face to crack—compelling me to seek out places and spaces that consider the bigger picture and are less reckless in their natural rapacity. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, "With 1.4 Billion People Traveling, It's Time to Rethink Tourism," 22 Aug. 2019 The English did not endear themselves to others by combining rapacity with seeming high-mindedness. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times, "A History of the British Empire at Its Peak," 30 Mar. 2018 The Gilded Age will keep its name, but White’s book ought to worsen its already dismal reputation for sordidness and rapacity. — Sean Wilentz, New York Times, "When Corruption and Venality Were the Lifeblood of America," 19 Sep. 2017 Their allegiance was met by this unholy alliance of perfidious greed devolving rapidly into the audacity of vituperative unparalleled predatory rapacity. — Fortune, "24 Facts You May Not Know About Warren Buffett," 31 Aug. 2017 Gluttony, drunkenness, sexual rapacity, vicious mistreatment of slaves. — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, "‘The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories’: A lively return to short fiction," 24 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rapacity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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