filthy lucre
Pronunciation: /ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/
The English word “filthy lucre” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.
Etymology
From filthy + lucre, which appears in the Tyndale Bible, and four times in the King James Version of the Bible, as a calque of Ancient Greek αἰσχρόν κέρδος (aiskhrón kérdos) and related terms such as αἰσχροκερδής (aiskhrokerdḗs, “[a person] given to filthy lucre”): see the quotations and Citations:filthy lucre.
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