Rapacity

[rə'pæsəti]

(n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

(n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Typed by Billie

n. [1]. Ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity, avidity, canine appetite.[2]. Avariciousness, greediness of gain.

Checker: Rupert

n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.

Inputed by Donald

Tell him that we yield to his rapacity, as in similar circumstances we should do to that of a literal robber. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Of all the deities worshipped in the temple, the moon-god alone escaped the rapacity of the conquering Mohammedans. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Editor: Ricky