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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

   Scrabble Points: 16

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