rapacity Sentence Examples
- The politician's rapacity was laid bare when he embezzled millions from the city coffers.
- The company's rapacity knew no bounds as it exploited its workers for their meager wages.
- The dictator's rapacity extended to stealing food from his own people, leaving them to starve.
- The CEO's rapacity led him to ruthlessly lay off thousands of employees to increase his own bonuses.
- The company's rapacity was evident in the excessive fees it charged its customers for basic services.
- The warlord's rapacity was insatiable as he looted villages and enslaved their inhabitants.
- The bank's rapacity was revealed when it foreclosed on mortgages during the financial crisis, leaving families homeless.
- The landlord's rapacity was displayed in the exorbitant rent he charged for cramped and unsanitary apartments.
- The child's rapacity was demonstrated in the way he hoarded toys, refusing to share with others.
- The corporation's rapacity was masked by its claims of sustainability, but its actions told a different story.
rapacity Meaning
rapacity (n)
extreme gluttony
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
rapacity (n.)
The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
Synonyms & Antonyms of rapacity
FAQs About the word rapacity
extreme gluttony, reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousne
greed, thirst, avariciousness, appetite, hunger, cupidity, desire, greediness, avidity,avarice
fulfillment, fulfilment, satisfaction, generosity, magnanimity, contentment, gratification, magnanimity, gratification, generosity
The politician's rapacity was laid bare when he embezzled millions from the city coffers.
The company's rapacity knew no bounds as it exploited its workers for their meager wages.
The dictator's rapacity extended to stealing food from his own people, leaving them to starve.
The CEO's rapacity led him to ruthlessly lay off thousands of employees to increase his own bonuses.
