rapacity (n.)

  1. extreme gluttony

    [ Syn: edacity , esurience , rapaciousness , voracity , voraciousness ]

  2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    [ Syn: avarice , greed , covetousness , avaritia ]

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