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rapacious

adjective as in plundering

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He added: "They're rapacious, and the damage that's being caused is quite astonishing really."

From BBC

It will mean the swarthy, rapacious, thieving, murderous, pedophilic, drug-addled, job-stealing filth of the planet will be kept out of their all-good, virtuous and White Christian nation.

From Salon

However, this hasn’t stopped rapacious real estate interests from pursuing indiscriminate development which poses a threat to wetlands.

From Salon

While the benefits and risks of AI continue to be debated, one thing is clear: The technology is rapacious for power.

Recognizing that he had no choice but to deal with the Democratic-controlled Senate and President Biden, Johnson helped pass overdue government funding last month and, in recent days, green-lighted votes reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and — finally! — approving aid to Ukraine to help it defend itself and the rest of Europe from a rapacious Russia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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