English-Thai Dictionary

rapacity

N ความโลภ  avarice covetousness kwam-lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAPACITY

n.[L. rapacitas, from rapax, rapio.] 1. Addictedness to plunder; the exercise of plunder; the act or practice of seizing by force; as the rapacity of a conquering army; the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of a Turkish pashaw; the rapacity of extortioners.
2. Ravenousness; as the rapacity of animals.
3. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAPACITY

Ra *pac "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See Rapacious. ]

 

1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

 

2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of some ages." Sprat.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rapacity

ra pac i ty |rəˈpasətē rəˈpæsəti | ▶noun aggressive greed: the rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rapacity

rapacity |rəˈpasɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] aggressive greed: the rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rapacity

rapacity noun greed, avarice, rapaciousness, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism, predatoriness, voracity, voraciousness, graspingness, mercenariness, usury, extortion. ANTONYMS unselfishness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rapacity

ra pac i ty /rəpǽsəti /名詞 U ｟かたく けなして ｠欲深さ, 欲深い行動 ; 略奪 .