Definition of Rapacety

Definition of Rapacety

Ra*pac"i*ty (r&adot;*păs"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacité. See Rapacious.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of some ages." Sprat.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

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