Rapacious vs Larcenous - What's the difference?
rapacious | larcenous | Related terms |
Voracious; avaricious.
* 1787 , :
Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
* 1910 , :
Subsisting off live prey.
* 1827 , :
Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
Resembling theft, often applied to legal actions that seem unfair.
:These late fees are larcenous . I should have read the fine print before signing.
Rapacious is a related term of larcenous.
As adjectives the difference between rapacious and larcenous
is that rapacious is voracious; avaricious while larcenous is given to larceny, tending to thievery.rapacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious .
- A Prince [...] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.
- Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for [...] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place [...]