Dictionary Check: rapacity
"rapacity" is a valid word!
Scrabble
15
points
Words with Friends
16
points
Definition
noun
extreme gluttony
noun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
noun
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
Example:
"The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others."
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