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Rapacious
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
(2):
(a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
(3):
(a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapacious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rapacious.html. 1828.