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Criticise a large town for greed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rapacity

'greed' is the definition.
('rapacity' can be a synonym of 'greed')

'criticise a large town' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'rap' (I've seen this before).
'large town' becomes 'city' (I've seen this before).
'rap'+'a'+'city'='RAPACITY'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for rapacity that I've seen before include "Predatory greed and extortion" , "The plundering and robbing of others - sheer greediness" , "Predatory nature" , "Greedy and grasping quality of plundering and exploiting others" , "excessive greed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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