rapacious
adjective/rəˈpeɪʃəs/
/rəˈpeɪʃəs/
(formal, disapproving)- wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to synonym grasping
- He describes the world of finance as ‘a casino full of rapacious capitalists’.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch’) + -ious.
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