lucre in the PONS Dictionary

lucre Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

(filthy) lucre iron
нечиста печалба

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The rules shun the stealth of filthy lucre.
thenationonlineng.net
From this, the term filthy lucre became slang for money.
en.wikipedia.org
But there is a calling that is yet above high office, fame, lucre and security.
en.wikipedia.org
He would be forever ostracised by his countrymen for accepting filthy lucre from the apartheid regime.
www.theroar.com.au
Even the truest fan can be corrupted by the filthy lucre at the top of the game.
www.independent.co.uk
To those who make a lot of it, lucre represents achievement.
www.stuff.co.nz
They're sellouts who have taken filthy lucre rather than do something creative with their talents.
www.chortle.co.uk
Our conscious sporting personalities refused to be enticed into breaking the embargo by the lure of filthy lucre.
www.jamaicaobserver.com
The poor give their lives -- make the rich give their lucre.
www.canberratimes.com.au
The council further insisted that in the invocation of saints, the veneration of relics and the sacred use of images, every superstition shall be removed and all filthy lucre abolished.
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