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rapacity

[ruh-pas-i-tee] / rəˈpæs ɪ ti /
NOUN
plunder
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Perhaps my cynicism about Mr. Witkoff’s curious mix of ingenuousness and rapacity is unfair.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

But we had no illusion that Ricca, et al., would actually restrain their rapacity.

From Washington Times Dec. 25, 2020

Maybe greed, rapacity and ruthlessness constitute a "philosophy" for some people.

From New York Times May 21, 2016

A water wasting accident, not rapacity, said Andrew, but still he declined to supply his surname.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2015

For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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