rapacious造句

In Tunisia, a rapacious first family indulged in widespread racketeering, alienating every social class.

But legislation to protect consumers from rapacious bankers has had unintended consequences, too.

He cites Alexander Hamilton, who wrote that human beings are "ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious."

The lovers attract the attentions of a rapacious gang, who descend on them, searching for non-existent booty.

Many on the left, including Mr Obama, argue that reform must include a "public plan" that would provide an alternative to rapacious private insurers.

A deregulated industry is useful: ministers can bask in the benefit of low prices while deflecting blame for price rises on to rapacious energy giants.

They might also usefully improve transport by, say, building Bridges over rivers prone to flooding, which would cut out rapacious middlemen.

The idea behind the initiative is that Japanese animal spirits are merely in hibernation, and a spurt of cash is all it takes to awaken rapacious entrepreneurs from their garages.

Such as rapacious as a wolf and savage as a cur, be damned snobbish as a dog, greedy cat, cat crying over the mouse’s death-hypocritical show of sorrow or sympathy, stupid swine, blow an ox-boast, and pat the horse on the bottom-soft –soap.