rapacious
Example Sentences
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He’s similar to Adam Sandler’s rapacious jeweler in “Uncut Gems,” except that scoundrel contained his damage to the Diamond District and people as shady as him.
From Los Angeles Times
Parkanyi vets every submission, weeding out couples who appear rapacious for money, or those who demand a specific type of foreigner.
Nowadays, they qualify as escapism confirming our assumptions about ridiculous, rapacious people, which is terribly fun.
From Salon
When their rapacious cousin Charles appears, hoping to find buried treasure in the house and romancing the “pink and white and golden” Constance, Merricat takes drastic action.
There’s only one thing worse than being exploited by rapacious capitalists and that’s not being exploited by them.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
