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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-rapacious.ogg Forms: more rapacious [comparative], most rapacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ous}} + -ous, {{der|en|la|rapāx||grasping, greedy}} Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} rapacious (comparative more rapacious, superlative most rapacious)
  1. (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious. Tags: also, figuratively Synonyms: greedy Translations (avaricious): ἅρπαξ (hárpax) (Ancient Greek), алчен (alčen) (Bulgarian), ненаситен (nenasiten) (Bulgarian), ahne (Finnish), saaliinhimoinen (Finnish), rapace (French), unersättlich (German), habgierig (German), άπληστος (áplistos) (Greek), kapzsi (Hungarian), pénzsóvár (Hungarian), pénzéhes (Hungarian), telhetetlen (Hungarian), mohó (Hungarian), rapax (Latin), whakakakao (Maori), pazerny [masculine] (Polish), voraz [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), жадный (žadnyj) (Russian), алчный (alčnyj) (Russian), gramziv (Serbo-Croatian), pohlepan (Serbo-Croatian), lakom (Serbo-Croatian), codicioso (Spanish), rovgirig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rapacious-en-adj-vF12HRxW Disambiguation of 'avaricious': 89 11 0
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy. Translations (given to take by force): грабителски (grabitelski) (Bulgarian), roofzuchtig (Dutch), raubgierig (German), αρπακτικός (arpaktikós) (Greek), ragadozó (Hungarian), rapax (Latin), rapaz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rapacious-en-adj-8SHUYHO6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 16 63 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 70 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 69 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 73 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 59 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 70 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 71 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 53 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 62 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of 'given to take by force': 3 89 8
  3. (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey. Translations (which subsists off live prey): граблив (grabliv) (Bulgarian), Raub- (German), αρπακτικός (arpaktikós) (Greek), mohó (Hungarian), falánk (Hungarian), ragadozó (Hungarian), rapace (Italian), хищный (xiščnyj) (Russian), grabežljiv (Serbo-Croatian), rapaz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rapacious-en-adj-LQ97Q7LX Disambiguation of 'which subsists off live prey': 2 19 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rapaciously, rapaciousness, rapacity
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          "text": "Relations between the Waveney Valley Railway and the E.C.R. [Eastern Counties Railway] soon became strained, because of the rapacious attitude adopted by the latter, and to the mismanagement which it displayed in working the smaller company's line.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 16, Noam Cohen, “Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up”, in Wired, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Big Tech companies, on the other hand, have proven themselves to be rapacious capitalists—they take as much as they can and ask for permission later.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, “Nevermore”, performed by Lamb of God:",
          "text": "The rapacious maw of our despair",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Voracious; avaricious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Voracious",
          "voracious"
        ],
        [
          "avaricious",
          "avaricious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also figurative) Voracious; avaricious."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greedy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Niccolò Machiavelli, “Chapter XIX”, in Ninian Hill Thomson, transl., The Prince:",
          "text": "A Prince […] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "plunder",
          "plunder"
        ],
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1827, James Fenimore Cooper, “Chapter XIII”, in The Prairie:",
          "text": "Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for […] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Subsisting off live prey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Subsisting",
          "subsist"
        ],
        [
          "prey",
          "prey"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually a bird",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/",
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        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəs"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "alčen",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "алчен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenasiten",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "ненаситен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "saaliinhimoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "rapace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "unersättlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "habgierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áplistos",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "άπληστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hárpax",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "ἅρπαξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "kapzsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "pénzsóvár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "pénzéhes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "telhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "mohó"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "rapax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "whakakakao"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pazerny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žadnyj",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "жадный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alčnyj",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "алчный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "gramziv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "pohlepan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "lakom"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "codicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "avaricious",
      "word": "rovgirig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grabitelski",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "грабителски"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "roofzuchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "raubgierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arpaktikós",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "αρπακτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "ragadozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "rapax"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to take by force",
      "word": "rapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grabliv",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "граблив"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "Raub-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arpaktikós",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "αρπακτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "mohó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "falánk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "ragadozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "rapace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xiščnyj",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "хищный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "grabežljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "which subsists off live prey",
      "word": "rapaz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rapacious"
}

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