Meaning & use
Rapacity
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Aggressive greed or an excessive desire to acquire money, goods, or power, often through force or exploitation.
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The historian described the empire's expansion as driven by sheer rapacity for land and resources.
Critics accused the company of rapacity for its relentless pursuit of profit at any cost.
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"Rapacity" derives from the Latin "rapere," meaning "to seize," the same root that gives us "rapid" and "rapture."
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