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   mercenary

   /ˈməːs(ɪ)n(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics: "the crime was committed out of mercenary motives" Similar money-orientedgraspinggreedyacquisitiveavariciouscovetousrapaciousbribablevenalmaterialisticinformal:money-grubbingOpposite altruisticphilanthropic

   noun

   • 1. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army: "he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries"
   • ▪ a person primarily motivated by personal gain: "cricket's most infamous mercenary"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling’, from merces, merced- ‘reward’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mercenariness noun

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MercenaryMercenary - Wikipedia

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   Mercenaries. A mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war. A mercenary is any person who: (a) is especially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict; (b) does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities;

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMERCENARY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   mercenary. adjective. disapproving uk / ˈmɜː.s ə n.ri / us / ˈmɝː.s ə n.ri /. Add to word list. Add to word list. interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation: He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Greedy.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › mercenaryMercenary Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Adjective. The figures exclude crimes involving tens of thousands of convicts released from jail to join the war under a program set up by the late Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

5. ndupress.ndu.edu › Media › NewsMercenaries and War: Understanding Private Armies Today

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   Dec 4, 2019 · Mercenaries have a bigger recruiting pool than national armies, which are limited to their country’s citizenry. The mercenary labor pool is global, allowing longer wars of attrition. Mercenaries enable strategies of cunning and deception. Clients can hire them as agent provocateurs, drawing rivals into wars of the client’s choosing.

6. www.military.com › 10-things-you-dont-know-about-mercenaries10 Things You Don't Know About Mercenaries | Military.com

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   May 10, 2016 · Mercenaries are a symptom of something far more unsettling Mercenaries change war and world order. Offering the means of war to anyone who can afford it alters who, how and why we fight.

7. www.britannica.com › topic › mercenaryMercenary | Private Military Contractors, Conflict Zones &...

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   Jun 8, 2024 · Mercenary, hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political interests or issues. From the earliest days of organized warfare until the development of political standing armies in the mid-17th century, governments frequently supplemented their military forces.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_mercenariesList of mercenaries - Wikipedia

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   The Mercenaries: The Men Who Fight for Profit – from the Free Companies of Feudal France to the White Adventurers in the Congo. Macmillan, 1969. Further reading