rapacity
Insatiable grasping hunger
Rapacity is aggressive greed—the quality of seizing what you want without restraint or scruple.
The word suggests predatory behavior, taking by force or exploitation rather than earning: the rapacity of colonial powers, corporate rapacity.
It implies not just wanting more but actively devouring resources or wealth at others' expense.
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
hoarding · grasping · money-grubbing · mercenary · possessiveness · mammonism · cupidity · voracity
Goods seized violently
- extractionAct of removing
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
subjugation · colonialism · imperialism · dispossession · monopolization · racketeering · fleecing · swindling
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- vultureCarrion-eating raptor
- sharkCartilaginous marine predator
- wolfishnessPredatory, voracious quality
- carnivorousFeeding on animal flesh
hunting · devouring · preying · scavenging · ferocity · ruthlessness · savagery · bloodthirsty
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
materialism · hoarding · grasping · money-grubbing · mercenary · possessiveness · mammonism · cupidity · voracity · gluttony
plunder
Goods seized violently
- extractionAct of removing
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
oppression · subjugation · colonialism · imperialism · dispossession · monopolization · racketeering · fleecing · swindling · embezzlement
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- vultureCarrion-eating raptor
- sharkCartilaginous marine predator
- wolfishnessPredatory, voracious quality
carnivorous · hunting · devouring · preying · scavenging · ferocity · ruthlessness · savagery · bloodthirsty · marauding
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- dishonestydishonesty, deceit, duplicity, lying, mendacity
rapacitygenerosity
Readiness to give freely
liberality · magnanimity · charity · openhandedness · largesse
rapacitygentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
restraint · forbearance · moderation · temperance · mildness
rapacitycontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · moderation · restraint · satiety · gratification