Found 3 items, similar to Rapacity.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rapacity ketamakan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rapacity rapacity n 1: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voracity, voraciousness] 2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, avaritia]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rapacity Rapacity \Ra*pac"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacit['e]. See Rapacious.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. “The rapacity of some ages.” --Sprat. [1913 Webster]