mercenary

[US]/'mɜːsɪn(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/'mɝsənɛri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. hired, motivated by money, motivated solely by personal gain
adv. in a hired manner, in a solely profit-driven manner.

Phrases & Collocations

mercenary marriage

Example Sentences

Mercenary men lust for wealth.

meanly avaricious and mercenary.

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

the mercenaries fought with a do-or-die fanaticism.

she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger.

a mercenary recounting his exploits;

foreign mercenaries were hired to officer new regiments.

James is so mercenary that he’d turn in his own mother for the reward money.

The Elementalist is a new B-Class mercenary, and when upgraded becomes Pocahontas.

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