Ra-păc'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. rapacitas, Fr. rapacité, Pr. rapacitat, Sp. rapacidad, It. rapacità. See supra.]

1. The quality of being rapacious; addictedness to plunder; seizure by force; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of a conquering army; the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of animals.
2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.