lucre

Example Sentences

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And he's making it very clear that he will not be happy if they don't come across with plenty of lucre to fill his royal coffers.

From Salon

Attackers could include “hacktivists” seeking to make a political statement and cyberextortionists bent on lucre.

From Seattle Times

PRH, now saddled with debt, has laid off dozens of employees, including some of its most legendary editors: the keepers of the flame, whose allegiance was to literature, not lucre.

From Los Angeles Times

All that lucre secretly stashed around the house?

From Los Angeles Times

Commenting on the lucre to be had, Parker said, “It isn’t real money. It isn’t. I think it’s made of compressed snow. It just melts in your hands.”

From Los Angeles Times