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Noun: avaritia
  1. Extreme greed for wealth or material gain; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
    "His avaritia led him to sacrifice everything for money";
    - avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity

Type of: deadly sin, mortal sin

Encyclopedia: Avaritia