moneygrubber
noun
a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
moneygrubbing
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a word derived from
moneygrubber.
Example Sentences
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In the exuberantly crass moneygrubbing of the gilded age after the Civil War, for example, Americans were springing literally out of ditches into great wealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also is not easy to awaken in the morning to find the newspapers rasping away at heartless, moneygrubbing doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ambition is driven by hubris and shabby moneygrubbing.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For four years I've been attacked and accused of being a moneygrubbing capitalist by the people in this so-called community," he said.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have tried to stand for honest, humane work as against mere moneygrubbing and popularity.”
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
