Rapacious /(rȧ*pā"shŭs)/

Ra·pa·cious

Rapacious

a.
  1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
  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