Words similar to avaricious

Example sentences for: avaricious

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You'd think, if you read Frank Rich or Doonesbury , that the tobacco companies represent the supreme evil in the universe when they're just a bunch of lying, avaricious executives trying to make money.
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Once upon a time, the casino owners decided that "gambling" was too crude, too avaricious, to describe their fair business.
Au contraire , the unhappy consensus was that it was avaricious, monopolistic, loyal only to the bottom line.
Jordan, who's interviewed, comes across as very smart, rather conservative, and much less avaricious than you might expect.