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Knock a big town for its greed? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

rapacity

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'its greed?' is the definition.
I know that 'greed' relates to this answer.

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

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rapacity that I've seen before include "Voraciousness" , "Predatory greed and extortion" , "Extreme greed and predatory quality" , "Aggressive greed" , "Great greed and exploitation of others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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