money-grubbing
贪财,敛财,贪财的,贪钱的人
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : informal seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.
Speech, in this case, is our ability to spend money on a goofy entertainment.
I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.
If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
All the Italian merchants in the realm of France, called money lenders, seized by order of Philip the fair, for their ransoms.
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
He was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
Then both the partners laughed together—pleasantly and cheerfully, as men who are going to receive money, often do.