money-grubbing

adjective

1. informal,  seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity

Other Word Forms

• money-grubber noun

Example Sentences

All of which is to say that Pearson doesn’t believe any of the narratives that have emerged since Iamaleava’s messy split from Tennessee about the money-grubbing, pajama-wearing kid who can’t read defenses and might struggle to quickly master a new offense.

From Los Angeles Times

A mother’s disappearance comes into the narrative, then fades; a money-grubbing son arrives, then steps off the stage.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the language of heroes and villains, the shooter as cold-blooded killer or culture warrior, Thompson as money-grubbing CEO bleeding Americans dry or good family man bleeding out on the street.

From Slate

Republicans: A bunch of homophobic, money-grubbing, greenhouse-gasing, seal-clubbing, oil-drilling, Bible-thumping, missile-firing, right-to-lifing, lethal injecting, immigrant-hating hypocrites.

From Salon

“Team Trump spent much of the day trying to paint Daniels as a sleazy, money-grubbing liar, which, if that is true, you can see why they hit it off.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• acquisitive 
• selfish 
• unscrupulous