Rapacious
adjective
Having a very strong desire to take lots of things for oneself, especially needlessly.
The rapacious businessman took over his competitors' businesses unfairly.
Often appears as...
- rapacious greed
- rapacious appetite
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Taking things by force.
The rapacious invaders looted the quiet village.
Often appears as...
- rapacious conquerors
- rapacious invaders
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Having a very strong desire to take lots of things for oneself, especially needlessly.
The rapacious businessman took over his competitors' businesses unfairly.
Often appears as...
- rapacious greed
- rapacious appetite
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Taking things by force.
The rapacious invaders looted the quiet village.
Often appears as...
- rapacious conquerors
- rapacious invaders
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to criticize a person's excessive desires or actions, often relating to wealth or possessions.
The CEO's rapacious sense of entitlement shocked everyone in the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Need
Highlights taking more than necessary, possibly causing harm to others or the environment.
Their rapacious consumption led to a shortage of resources in the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Usually carries a strong emotional weight, indicating disapproval.
The public was outraged by the rapacious policies of the corporation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to criticize a person's excessive desires or actions, often relating to wealth or possessions.
The CEO's rapacious sense of entitlement shocked everyone in the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Need
Highlights taking more than necessary, possibly causing harm to others or the environment.
Their rapacious consumption led to a shortage of resources in the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Usually carries a strong emotional weight, indicating disapproval.
The public was outraged by the rapacious policies of the corporation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to criticize a person's excessive desires or actions, often relating to wealth or possessions.
The CEO's rapacious sense of entitlement shocked everyone in the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Need
Highlights taking more than necessary, possibly causing harm to others or the environment.
Their rapacious consumption led to a shortage of resources in the community.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Usually carries a strong emotional weight, indicating disapproval.
The public was outraged by the rapacious policies of the corporation.
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Or the notion that with the arrival of cities came social classes, sacred kings and rapacious oligarchs trampling everyone else underfoot. From our very first history lessons, we're taught to believe that our modern world,
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A New Understanding of...
Or the notion that with the arrival of cities came social classes, sacred kings and rapacious oligarchs trampling everyone else underfoot. From our very first history lessons, we're taught to believe that our modern world,
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Power is not nearly enough for Trump. Power he already possessed, starting with the money his father gave him, which grew into the money he never paid in taxes because he is 'smart.' No: Power and ambition pale in comparison to Trumpbeth's rapacious grab for applause.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I bought myself a rubber brain, familiarized myself with its many parts, listened intently, and read more. In fact, I read obsessively, as my husband has told me repeatedly. He has even suggested that my rapacious reading resembles an addiction.
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Rohini Nilekani
Indian Writer
The uncontrolled and rapacious exploitation of oil has led to unintended consequences, and if we continue on a similar trajectory with water, the oil crisis will seem like the trailer of some horrible disaster movie.
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
All the things that made us basically nasty, rapacious, competitive as a species are not necessarily hard-coded into whatever passes for the DNA of artificial intelligence.
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Ron Williams
American Businessman
As a CEO, I had significant exposure to private equity, enough that I had in no way bought into the media's caricature: rapacious privateers who destroy companies.
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Guy Spier
South African Businessman
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal battles.
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Nina Easton
American Journalist
Modern Americans - shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media - like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes.
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Gina Barreca
American Comedian
Love is inconvenient. Love is untidy. Love is relentless, ruthless and rapacious. Done well, it's hilarious, playful and redemptive.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Power is not nearly enough for Trump. Power he already possessed, starting with the money his father gave him, which grew into the money he never paid in taxes because he is 'smart.' No: Power and ambition pale in comparison to Trumpbeth's rapacious grab for applause.
Quote examples
Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I bought myself a rubber brain, familiarized myself with its many parts, listened intently, and read more. In fact, I read obsessively, as my husband has told me repeatedly. He has even suggested that my rapacious reading resembles an addiction.
Quote examples
Rohini Nilekani
Indian Writer
The uncontrolled and rapacious exploitation of oil has led to unintended consequences, and if we continue on a similar trajectory with water, the oil crisis will seem like the trailer of some horrible disaster movie.
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
All the things that made us basically nasty, rapacious, competitive as a species are not necessarily hard-coded into whatever passes for the DNA of artificial intelligence.
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Ron Williams
American Businessman
As a CEO, I had significant exposure to private equity, enough that I had in no way bought into the media's caricature: rapacious privateers who destroy companies.
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Guy Spier
South African Businessman
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal battles.
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Nina Easton
American Journalist
Modern Americans - shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media - like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes.
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Gina Barreca
American Comedian
Love is inconvenient. Love is untidy. Love is relentless, ruthless and rapacious. Done well, it's hilarious, playful and redemptive.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.
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