Rapacious

ra-pa's hus, a. Given to plunder; seizing by force; subsisting on prey or animals seized by violence; greedy; ravenous; voracious. [L. rapax, rapacis, rapere, to seize: see Rapid.] — Rapa'- ciously, adv. — Rapa'ciousne , Rapacity, -pas'TtT, n. Quality of being rapacious ravenousne ; exorbitant greedine of gain.