wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to synonym grasping贪婪的;贪欲的;强取的 He describes the world of finance as ‘a casino full of rapacious capitalists’. 他将金融界描述为“一个充满贪婪资本家的赌场”。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch’) + -ious.