RAPACIOUS in a Sentence

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1. The ruins of the resort are now covered in rapacious island vegetation creeping in from the jungle.

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 Meanings and Examples of RAPACIOUS
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rapacious
 a.  excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
Classic Sentence:
1  But as I stood on this hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapacious and pitiless folly.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
2  It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HA...
Example Sentence:
1  The ruins of the resort are now covered in rapacious island vegetation creeping in from the jungle.