Rapacious
Rapacious (rȧ*pā"shus) , adjective
[Latin rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid.]
1.
Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.
2.
Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
3.
Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
[Thy Lord] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim