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avarice

Definition for avarice

noun as in extreme greed

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Example Sentences

Walsh’s attorneys said in a court filing that he wasn’t motivated by avarice, but desperation.

Related to my point above, the destruction of the moral compass and avarice and cowardice in the Republican party has ushered in a new wave of candidates and politicians.

From Salon

Scrubjay and his partner, a journalist cat named Moose, become embroiled in a crisis dictated by a planetwide housing shortage caused by corporate avarice.

“Covetousness and avarice” trump whatever wisdom we gain in our short lives.

It would, no doubt, make them wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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