Bible Dictionaries
Rapacity

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

(2):

(n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapacity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rapacity.html. 1828.