Rapacious (adj)
rap-ay-shus
Aggressively greedy or grasping.
Mid 17th century from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch’) + -ious.
Example sentences
“Now it’s just a city of tiny bedsits and rapacious landlords.”
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