avarice

He sees the violence as rooted in avarice, white supremacy and a profound hatred of Indigenous people that rang through in the proclamations of elected officials of the time, including California’s first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, who publicly mused about the need to pursue a “war of extermination” against the state’s tribes.

And Digital World has filed its own lawsuit in Florida state court arguing that Mr. Orlando, who was the sponsor of its initial public offering, was not entitled to more shares because of his “avarice, incompetence and general refusal to act” in the company’s best interest.

“It does not omit a single unkind stereotype: France is ‘a country where avarice is a virtue’ and ‘adultery is the norm,’” Mr. Hess wrote.

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

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, has said the causes of the incident were "greed and avarice" which had allowed all rational safety rules to be broken.