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Definition of: rapacious
(rə·pā′shəs) adjective
1. Given to plunder or rapine.
2. Extortionate; grasping.
3. Predaceous; subsisting on prey seized alive: said of hawks, etc. [<L rapax, -acis <rapere seize]
—ra·pa′cious·ly adverb
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