acquisitive
adjectives
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
"an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
is similar to
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
is similar to
desirous of owning
"small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
is similar to
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
"predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
is similar to
excessively greedy and grasping
"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
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