avaricious

• Lulli is said to have been very avaricious, and his wealth included four houses, all in the best quarters of Paris, together with securities and appointments worth about $70,000. —  Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday
• The Kid must have become avaricious, as it is said he appropriated thirty head of this lot to his own use and benefit. —  The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid
• The most avaricious, and vicious, pirates not only operated in the full knowledge of British-appointed governors and the elite of the new business world in the American colonies, they operated with direct state and business sponsorship, support, and collusion.
• The doctor of Salamanque, by whom the bachelor is supported after his father's death, is avaricious--so is Gil Blas's uncle, the canon of Oviedo, Gil Perez 3. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
• By this notable plan the benefices were taken from the old Hierarchy and bestowed on the nobles, who then conferred the titles without the functions on any of the clergy who could be bribed into compliance Morton, who was the chief supporter of the scheme, was notoriously avaricious--'wounderfully giffen to gather gear.' —  Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series

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