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mercenary
adjective
noun
Profit oriented
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ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi
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adjective
Profit oriented
“A commercial book”
adjective
Serving for wages in a foreign army
“Mercenary killers”
adjective
Marked by materialism
noun
A person hired to fight for another country than their own
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A commercial book
{'source': 'John Buchan', 'text': 'preached a mercantile and militant patriotism'}
A mercenary enterprise
A moneymaking business
Mercenary killers
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