covet
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One invokes a kind of technological 11th commandment: "Covet not thy neighbour's wi-fi".
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2012
Well did the Apostle say, "Covet earnestly the best gifts; but rather that ye prophesy."
From A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Pratt, Parley P.
"Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's House; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbor."
From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.
Covet not both; but if thou dost Resolve to part with neither, Why, yet to show that thou art just, Take me and mine together!
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Covet not that which has not been granted you, lest your baffled hopes sink down to useless repinings.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
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