rapacity

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Rapacity for free food knows no boundaries by age or affluence.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

Rapacity, luxury, and the spirit of insubordination," says a late writer, "spread from the civil service to the officers of the army, and from the officers to the soldiers.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Rapacity, avarice, and effeminacy are the vices ascribed to the increase of commerce; and in some degree, it must be confessed, they follow her steps.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

"Rapacity, folly, intrigue, falsehood, will soon ruin this colony which has cost the King so dear," wrote Doreil to the Minister of War.

From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis

Rapacity, luxury, and the spirit of insubordination spread from the civil service to the officers of the army, and from the officers to the soldiers.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron