pecuniary advantage
Britishnoun
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She was convicted of 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
Ms Alemi denies 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
Here the people, elated, apparently, by their recent victorious wars in Italy, and led on by hopes of pecuniary advantage to be derived from the war, decided to admit the Mamertini to the Roman alliance.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Mr. Spooner sums up his excellent Essay on Crossing by asserting that there is a direct pecuniary advantage in judicious cross-breeding, especially when the male is larger than the female.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
India derives a pecuniary advantage from her connection with the British Empire.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
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