Definition of "avarice" []

• Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. (noun)

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• "Zoretti was an Italian nobleman -- "one of those characters in whose bosom resides an unquenchable thirst of avarice" [ "_thirst_ of _avarice_" is good!], etc."
• "They say at the end “we hate expencive” the last year it was “avarice is wicked” or somethin like that translated. hope I could help"
• "After all the horror stories about victims of insurane company abuse, the blatant display of avarice is contemptible and cruel."