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Webster 1913 Edition


Rapacity

Ra-pac′i-ty

(rȧ-păs′ĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
[L.
rapacitas
: cf. F.
rapacité
. See
Rapacious
.]
1.
The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness;
as, the
rapacity
of pirates; the
rapacity
of wolves.
2.
The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
“The rapacity of some ages.”
Sprat.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rapacity

RAPAC'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. rapacitas, from rapax, rapio.]
1.
Addictedness to plunder; the exercise of plunder; the act or practice of seizing by force; as the rapacity of a conquering army; the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of a Turkish pashaw; the rapacity of extortioners.
2.
Ravenousness; as the rapacity of animals.
3.
The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice.

Definition 2024


rapacity

rapacity

English

Noun

rapacity (countable and uncountable, plural rapacities)

  1. The quality of being rapacious; voracity.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:greed

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