Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile. "Casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields" , "A grasping old miser" , "Grasping commercialism" , "Greedy for money and power" , "Grew richer and greedier" , "Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
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