money-grubbing

adjective (also money-grabbing) disapproving

Definition

› mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it: They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers.

money-grubber noun [C] (also money-grabber) › He was the top money-grubber among politicians.

(Definition of money-grubbing adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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