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rapacious
/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
adopted, ambitious, vindictive
VERB + RAPACIOUS
invaded
RAPACIOUS + NOUN
appetite, army, attitude, capitalists, tor
Definitions
adj
1
Voracious; avaricious.
To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
Relations between the Waveney Valley Railway and the E.C.R. [Eastern Counties Railway] soon became strained, because of the rapacious attitude adopted by the latter, and to the mismanagement which it displayed in working the smaller company's line.
2
Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
A Prince […] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.
3
Subsisting off live prey.
Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for […] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place[…]
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Idioms & Phrases
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To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
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Relations between the Waveney Valley Railway and the E.C.R. [Eastern Counties Railway] soon became strained, because of the rapacious attitude adopted by the latter, and to the mismanagement which it
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Big Tech companies, on the other hand, have proven themselves to be rapacious capitalists—they take as much as they can and ask for permission later.
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You are rapacious.
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Tom has a rapacious appetite.
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Since being revived, Tom has had a rapacious appetite tor flesh.
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