OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22704

lucre

/ˈl(j)uː.kə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lucro
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles o…
[…] [I]t's only fair that you should pocket the lucre. I've had my share already.
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