Lucre
noun
Money, especially when it is earned in a way that is dishonest or immoral.
He was more interested in lucre than in customer satisfaction.
Often appears as...
- dirty lucre
- the pursuit of lucre
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
Money, especially when it is earned in a way that is dishonest or immoral.
He was more interested in lucre than in customer satisfaction.
Often appears as...
- dirty lucre
- the pursuit of lucre
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Lucre often implies greed or corruption, suggesting that the money was obtained unethically.
He doesn’t care about the law; all he sees is the lucre.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Use
The word is sometimes used ironically or in literary contexts to criticize materialism.
In his quest for lucre, he lost sight of his values.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Phrase
'Filthy lucre' is a biblical phrase often used to express the moral taint of dishonest money.
She refused to accept such filthy lucre, no matter the amount.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Lucre often implies greed or corruption, suggesting that the money was obtained unethically.
He doesn’t care about the law; all he sees is the lucre.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Use
The word is sometimes used ironically or in literary contexts to criticize materialism.
In his quest for lucre, he lost sight of his values.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Phrase
'Filthy lucre' is a biblical phrase often used to express the moral taint of dishonest money.
She refused to accept such filthy lucre, no matter the amount.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Lucre often implies greed or corruption, suggesting that the money was obtained unethically.
He doesn’t care about the law; all he sees is the lucre.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Use
The word is sometimes used ironically or in literary contexts to criticize materialism.
In his quest for lucre, he lost sight of his values.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Phrase
'Filthy lucre' is a biblical phrase often used to express the moral taint of dishonest money.
She refused to accept such filthy lucre, no matter the amount.
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Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
It was the liberalization of international financial markets. And boy, did that make it easy for the money launderers. The last two decades have been the champagne era for dirty lucre. In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world
Video examples
Tweeting in Pitjantjatjar...
translate a tweet and I put it out there and I found that that's really effective for especially people who are following you in a language that's not their own they really appreciate that Pollyanna mama bucatini on Tanana panduranga lucre nanny Emily grandpa
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
It was the liberalization of international financial markets. And boy, did that make it easy for the money launderers. The last two decades have been the champagne era for dirty lucre. In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Jonathan Galassi
American Publisher
The FSG story starts to lose its fairy-tale aura when filthy lucre invades the sacred enclosure, as it did ubiquitously in the every-man-for-himself Reagan era.
Quote examples
Jonathan Galassi
American Publisher
The FSG story starts to lose its fairy-tale aura when filthy lucre invades the sacred enclosure, as it did ubiquitously in the every-man-for-himself Reagan era.
Example 1 of 1
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