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rapacity

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapacity  \Ra*pac"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  rapacitas:  cf  F.  rapacite.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rapacity 
  n  1:  extreme  gluttony  [syn:  {edacity},  {esurience},  {rapaciousness}, 
  {voracity},  {voraciousness}] 
  2:  reprehensible  acquisitiveness;  insatiable  desire  for  wealth 
  (personified  as  one  of  the  deadly  sins)  [syn:  {avarice},  {greed}, 
  {covetousness},  {avaritia}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RAPACITY,  n.  Providence  without  industry.  The  thrift  of  power.




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