RAPACIOUS
Pronunciation: ruh-pey-shuhs
Definiton:
1. (adj) given to seizing for plunder or satisfaction of greed
2. (adj) inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate;.
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UD Definitions:
1.taking by force; plundering
2. slang name for a gangsta rapper.
3. excessively grabbing.
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Origin: 1645-55. from the Latin rapici (greedy) and rapere (to seize).
Used in a Sentence: The rapacious man broke into a house and stole money.
WordCount Popularity Rank: #42,163
Synonyms: avaricious, voracious
Quote: "Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing."
- Jane Austen
Did You Know?: There's a band called Rapacious Ravishment.
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