rapacious

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  1. adjective Taking by force; plundering.
  2. adjective Greedy; ravenous. See Synonyms at voracious.
  3. adjective Subsisting on live prey.

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  • His life was a witness that he was not rapacious, and his victory over the Helvetii that as yet he had made no mistake. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • It's as natural as it is rapacious, and I do not fault Wall Street as heavily as some on the left and the right do. —  FUGville Weblogs
  • The rapacious, razor-sharp invaders are bloodying Lake Mead marina workers and are so thick in some places they've even sunk buoys. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Anyway, they do, they look at each other; two beings with evolved eyes, rapacious, startled, connected at the belly in an unbelievably sweet lubricious glue, stare at each other, and the angels are desolate. —  3quarksdaily
  • At least Obama's proposal gets our foot in the door and helps to push aside the vast, rapacious, private health insurers. —  New Times News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin rapāx, rapāc-, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French rapace = Provencal rapatz = Spanish rapaz = Italian rapace, from L. rapax (rapac-), rapacious, from rapere, seize: see rape.
 

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