voracious voracious /vɔˈreɪʃəs/

adjective

1. Devouring or craving food in great quantities  ( edacious , esurient , rapacious , ravening , ravenous , voracious , wolfish )
   devouring or craving food in great quantities
    Edacious vultures
   edacious vultures
    A rapacious appetite
   a rapacious appetite
    Ravenous as wolves
   ravenous as wolves
    Voracious sharks
   voracious sharks
   
2. Excessively greedy and grasping  ( rapacious , ravening , voracious )
   excessively greedy and grasping
    A rapacious divorcee on the prowl
   a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
    Ravening creditors
   ravening creditors
    Paying taxes to voracious governments
   paying taxes to voracious governments