money-grubber
noun[C]
informaldisapproving(alsomoney grubber)uk/ˈmʌn.i ˌɡrʌb.ər/us/ˈmʌn.i ˌɡrʌb.ɚ/(also mainlyUKmoney-grabber,money grabber)someone who hasmoneyastheirmaininterestand does anythingpossibleto get a lot of it:
Theythoughtthatdoctorswerelazymoney-grubbers withtimeontheirhands.
Thestatementmade herlooklike aliarand amoneygrubber.
The more out ofreachsomething is, the more the money-grabbers canchargefor it.
- They are money-grubbers who willstealfromtheircustomersanddestroytheenvironmentinpursuitof aprofit.
- The guy's alowclassmoneygrabber without anyrealstyle.
- "Thatagentof yours is a money-grubber," Iriscomplained.
Greedy
- avarice
- avaricious
- avariciously
- consumerism
- grabby
- grasping
- greed
- greedily
- greediness
- Mammon
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- money grabber
- rapaciousness
- rapacity
- ravenous
- ravenously
- someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
- trougher
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