RAPACITIES

Noun

rapacities

plural of rapacity

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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