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Noun: greed  greed
  1. Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
    "His greed for power ultimately led to his downfall"
     
  2. Extreme greed for wealth or material gain; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
    "His greed led him to sacrifice everything for money";
    - avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia

Derived forms: greeds

Type of: deadly sin, desire, mortal sin

Encyclopedia: Greed, John