avarice

Ellis-Taylor, meanwhile, brings a palpable heartache to “Nickel Boys” as a devoted grandmother sidelined by inequality and avarice.

But some of the most striking examples are not of intentional cruelty or blatant avarice but of simple blind spots.

He embraces cruelty, violence, greed, avarice, selfishness, revenge, lying, lust and dissembling.

Walsh’s attorneys said in a court filing that he wasn’t motivated by avarice, but desperation.

Related to my point above, the destruction of the moral compass and avarice and cowardice in the Republican party has ushered in a new wave of candidates and politicians.