rapacity

Example Sentences

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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

Many modern apologists for British colonial rule in India no longer contest the basic facts of imperial exploitation and plunder, rapacity and loot, which are too deeply documented to be challengeable.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017

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

From New York Times • May 21, 2016

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

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas