rapacious

1) given to plundering; seizing by violence;  2) extremely greedy; 3) subsisting by preying on other animals; predatory

When the police withdrew, gangs of rapacious youths roamed the streets, looting stores, setting fires, and terrorizing law-abiding citizens.

Related English words: rapaciousness, rapacity (extreme greed)

Latin root words: rapio, rapere, rapui, raptus - to seize, snatch; to carry off; rapax, rapacis - seizing, greedy; rapacitas, rapacitatis, f. - greediness

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