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Mercenary
ˈməːs(ɪ)n(ə)ri
Mercenary definitions
adjective
mercenary
- primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
"the crime was committed out of mercenary motives"
money-oriented grasping greedy acquisitive avaricious covetous rapacious bribable venal materialistic
noun
mercenaries
mercenary
- 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"