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[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
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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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