The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RAPACITY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RAPACITY
- Criticise a conurbation for greed
- Criticise a financial centre's greed
- Blame a financial centre for greed
- Criticise a large town for greed
- Criticise a metropolitan area’s greed
- Criticise a business centre for greed
- Censure a metropolis for greed
- Greed shown by king with potential to lose head
- Criticise a business community’s greed
- Criticise an appeal held in Cyprus for greed
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The straight part
We know that "Greed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case greed = rapacity.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does RAPACITY mean?
RAPACITY noun- The quality of being rapacious; voracity.