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Rapacious a. : Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Rapacious a. : Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

Rapacious a. : Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

Example:
Was it the Rapacious pirates or Rory Emerald who pillaged everything of value during the bloody Middle Ages?

Taxonomy
rapacious, ra, cious, Dictionary, Synonyms, rap, adjective, ravenous, ruh, prey, rapere, word origin, Pronunciation, ty, ness, Houghton Mifflin Company, free online English dictionary, dictionary results.

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synonyms
  (adjective) predatory
  (adjective) raptorial
  (adjective) ravening
  (adjective) vulturine
  (adjective) vulturous
  (adjective) voracious
  (adjective) edacious
  (adjective) esurient
  (adjective) ravenous
  (adjective) wolfish
similar terms
  (adjective) acquisitive
  (adjective) aggressive
  (adjective) gluttonous


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