Greed: alternatives and connections

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

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Strong desire.

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A passionate desire; love.

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To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

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Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

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An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

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Strong desire.

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The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

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