Category:Rapacity

Ra*pac"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.