Definition of "pelf" [pelf]

• Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired. (noun)

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• "They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,"
• "The man was evidently consumed by ambition, highly interested in pelf and preferment, and a natural Tory who defended the slave trade and imperialism, which Adam Smith so much deplored."
• "These are wenches and they are always seeking only pelf."