rapaciousness
Insatiable grasping hunger
Rapaciousness is greedy, grasping behavior—the quality of seizing whatever one can without regard for others.
The word carries predatory connotations, suggesting someone who takes aggressively rather than merely wanting more: The rapaciousness of the landlords left tenants with nothing.
It applies to individuals, corporations, or systems that extract wealth ruthlessly.
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
- cupidityEager desire for riches
voracity · grasping · hoarding · materialism · selfishness · possessiveness · mammonism · money-grubbing
Impossible to satisfy
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- unquenchableImpossible to satisfy completely
consuming · gorging · devouring · craving · hunger · all-consuming · bottomless · unappeasable
Goods seized violently
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- lootStolen valuables
- despoilStrip of possessions
- stripNarrow elongated piece
siphon · extract · leech · expropriate · dispossess · usurp · commandeer · seize
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
cupidity · voracity · grasping · hoarding · materialism · selfishness · possessiveness · mammonism · money-grubbing · avaricious
insatiable
Impossible to satisfy
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
unquenchable · consuming · gorging · devouring · craving · hunger · all-consuming · bottomless · unappeasable · omnivorous
plunder
Goods seized violently
strip · siphon · extract · leech · expropriate · dispossess · usurp · commandeer · seize · appropriate
prowl
Roam stealthily
carnivorous · hunting · stalking · ravening · marauding · raptorial · feral · savage · ruthless · bloodthirsty
rapaciousnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
altruism · selflessness · magnanimity · liberality · openhandedness
rapaciousnesscontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · satiety · satiation · fulfillment · fulfilment
rapaciousnessnurturing
Supportive care-giving
protectiveness · benignity · gentleness · tenderness · caring
surreptitious, predate, rapacious, raptor, preying, predation, enrapture, rapacity, predates