rapacity

rapacity
rapacity (n.) 1540s, from M.Fr. rapacité (16c.), from L. rapacitatem (nom. rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax "grasping" (gen. rapacis) "plundering," from rapere "seize" (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)).

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  • Rapacity — Ra*pac i*ty (r[.a]*p[a^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacit[ e]. See {Rapacious}.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rapacity — index bad repute, extortion, larceny, pillage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rapacity — greed, *cupidity, avarice Analogous words: covetousness, avariciousness, greediness, graspingness (see corresponding adjectives at COVETOUS): exaction, demanding or demand, claiming or claim (see corresponding verbs at DEMAND) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rapacity — [[t]rəpæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with poss (disapproval) Rapacity is very greedy or selfish behaviour. [FORMAL] He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on selfishness and rapacity . ...the rapacity of landlords… …   English dictionary

  • rapacity — plėšrumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vienas iš pagrindinių biocenozės tarppopuliacinių ryšių – reiškinys, kai vieni organizmai (plėšrūnai) minta kitais organizmais (aukomis). Plėšrūnams tokie santykiai naudingi: suėdę… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • rapacity — rapacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressively greedy. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun rapacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin rapax, from rapere to snatch …   English terms dictionary

  • rapacity — noun Date: 1543 the quality of being rapacious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rapacity — See rapaciously. * * * …   Universalium

  • rapacity — noun The quality of being rapacious; voracity …   Wiktionary

  • rapacity — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, claim, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, cupidity, demand, edacity, exaction, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttonousness, gluttony, grasping,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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