harpy
a grasping tormentor
Today this word meansSomeone who greedily snatches things away. In ornithology, the harpy eagle.
From the Harpies, monsters who snatched food from tables. The name itself means "the snatchers."
The harpy eagle of Central and South America earned the name for its power to carry off a whole sloth.
Worth noting
Applied to people, it has been used almost exclusively as a slur against women. Better kept as an etymology than a word to use.