Definition of "covet" []

• To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. (verb-transitive)
• To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. (verb-transitive)
• To feel immoderate desire for that which is another's. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Such blight condemnations merely enable politically powerful interest groups to take property that they covet from the politically weak."
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• "The job all sandwich men covet is distributing handbills, which is paid for at the same rate."