Meaning of Rapacious

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Rapacious

1. 1
   a.

   Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

2. 2
   a.

   Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

3. 3
   a.

   Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

4. 4
   a.

   Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

5. 5
   a.

   Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

6. 6
   a.

   Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.