lucre

Definitions


[ˈl(j)uːkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonourable way
(e.g: officials getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from French lucre or Latin lucrum; the phrase filthy lucre is with biblical allusion to Tit. 1:11




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