Synonyms for rapacity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ruh-pey-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : rəˈpeɪ ʃəs

Top 10 synonyms for rapacity

Other synonyms for the word rapacity

marauding

Définition of rapacity

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French rapacité (16c.), from Latin rapacitatem (nominative rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax (genitive rapacis) "grasping, plundering," from rapere "seize" (see rapid).

noun plunder
noun greed

Example sentences :

His eyes shone with rapacity and hope; he became confidential.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

Her folly and rapacity will sooner or later have their effect.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) » by Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

"I don't know that rapacity is confined to trade," admitted Annie.
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler

And the Spaniard here, who has been driven out for his cruelty and rapacity.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

With the rapacity Kidd had the cruelty of his odious calling.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

It tinged victory with a hideous color of rapacity and brutality.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

Rapacity was Mazarin's spring of action; Granvella's lust of power.
Extract from : « The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete » by Friedrich Schiller

Even his own rapacity had not thought to hold up Burroughs for such a sum.
Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman

Up in the West there is not so much to be dreaded from the rapacity of men.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Their rapacity and greed have led them to sacrifice principle to party.
Extract from : « Colleges in America » by John Marshall Barker

Antonyms for rapacity

generosity

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