Meaning: rapacious, ravenous; a robber, an extortioner. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ἁρπάζω (harpazō), meaning "to seize" or "to snatch."

Aug 8, 2024 · Robber barons were widely despised and considered rapacious monopolists during their lifetimes. However, later biographies and historical reviews about the Gilded Age’s American robber barons...

ἅρπαξ, ἁρπαγος, ὁ, adjective, rapacious, ravenous: Matthew 7:15; Luke 18:11; as a substantive, a robber, an extortioner: 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 6:10. (In both uses from (Aristophanes), Xenophon down.)

Sep 18, 2014 · Believing that America could not thrive unless all Americans had a chance to thrive, Roosevelt used his epic energy, intellect and reformist zeal to confront the rapacious robber barons and...

Nov 28, 2024 · Over time, their rapacious reputations were whitewashed by charitable foundations, university buildings and hospital wings. In 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner published The Gilded Age:...

rapacious, ravenous; a robber, an extortioner. KJV Usage: extortion, ravening. 1Co.5:10-11 6:10 .†.

"The greedy one" (ayah), as it is called in the original, fitly describes this most sagacious, sanguinary, and rapacious robber.

from 726; rapacious:--extortion, ravening. Thayer's Greek Lexicon: ̔́ . harpax . 1) rapacious, ravenous. 2) a extortioner, a robber. Part of Speech: adjective. Relation: from G726. Usage: This word is used 5 times:

Oct 7, 2013 · The Robber Barons were rapacious industrialists who accumulated monopolistic power. That was detrimental so we broke them up, and that was a good thing. When we look back at that period of history the so-called Robber Barons were taking real things and making real wealth with them.

Robber Barons were powerful and wealthy industrialists in the late 19th century who amassed their fortunes through ruthless business practices, often exploiting workers and monopolizing industries.