covet
verb (used with object)
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others.
coveter
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a word derived from
covet.
Example Sentences
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Silence was immediately enforced, while the assembly anxiously awaited the interrogation of this intolerable coveter of barley-drink.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men's things.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
