rapacious
/ruh-PAY-shus/adjectiveaggressively greedy or grasping
“Rapacious middlemen skimmed half the harvest's value.”
- Synonyms
- greedy, predatory, avaricious
- Antonyms
- generous, content
- Memory hook
- rapere (seize): grabbing with both claws.
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