1. Extreme greed for wealth or material gain; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
   "His rapacity led him to sacrifice everything for money";
   - avarice, greed, covetousness, avaritia
    
2. The quality or characteristic of living by preying on other animals
   "The rapacity of carnivorous animals influences ecosystem dynamics";
   - rapaciousness, predaciousness, predaceousness
    
3. Extreme gluttony
   "The rapacity of the predator was terrifying";
   - edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voracity, voraciousness

Derived forms: rapacities

Type of: carnivorousness, deadly sin, gluttony, mortal sin, zoophagy

Encyclopedia: Rapacity