avarice has definitions from the fields of religion,theology
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[ noun ] (religion,theology) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

The victims of the quacks are frequently poor people , like Mr._A. , who scrape_up their life savings to offer as a sacrifice to Doctor_Fraud 's avarice .

Related terms

mortal_sin

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[ noun ] extreme greed for material wealth

Related terms

greed

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