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lucre
/ˈluːkɚ/
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What does lucre mean?
noun
- Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
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She was in pursuit of fame, not filthy lucre, and her literary dreams were as yet untainted by mercenary considerations.
Shall I, for lucre of the rest unvanquish’d, Detract so much from that prerogative As to be call’d but viceroy of the whole?
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Thenceforth, everything was done on a small scale, instead of on a grand scale; for lucre instead of the general good.
So much for Norman blood unaided by Victorian lucre.
Sometimes, moreover, he made personal application to individuals, holding out his small black palm, and otherwise plainly signifying his excessive desire for whatever filthy lucre might happen to be in anybody’s pocket.