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avaricious
adjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs
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adjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
“they are avaricious and will do anything for money”
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they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
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