Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rapacity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rapacity \Ra*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See
{Rapacious}.]
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness;
ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of
wolves.

2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive
injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. ``The rapacity
of some ages.'' --Sprat.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

rapacity
n 1: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {rapaciousness},
{voracity}, {voraciousness}]
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {avarice}, {greed},
{covetousness}, {avaritia}]

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