Avaricious

a.

1.

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Adj.

1.

avaricious - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "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"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" Synonyms: grabby, grasping, greedy, covetous, prehensile

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