Translations for „rapacious“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

ra·pa·cious [rəˈpeɪʃəs] ADJ form

1. rapacious (grasping):

rapacious

grabežljiv

rapacious

lakomen

rapacious landlord, businessman

pohlepen

rapacious appetite

volčji apetit

2. rapacious (plundering):

rapacious

roparski

rapacious

plenilski

Usage examples with rapacious

rapacious appetite

volčji apetit

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Since his time, subsequent administrations practiced with fidelity and enthusiasm what he called subservience and colonial mentality, most of them with greed and rapacious intents.

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Concerning these it is important to distinguish between two types of obligated great people, those who are rapacious and those who are not.

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He was able to deal with the notoriously rapacious music industry and is credited with ensuring her long-term financial success.

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Governors were a greedy and rapacious lot whose single-minded interest was to wring as much personal wealth from the province as their terms allowed.

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Zombies have symbolized fear of depersonalization, mindless consumerism and humanity's raging, rapacious nature.

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Lastly, governments are more rapacious, taking more in taxes.

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Sow the same seed of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

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We're the government, its worst face -- the rapacious creditor, the stern parent...

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However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions.

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The mountain fauna was particularly rich in precious and rapacious birds.

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