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  • adjective Common misspelling of lucrative.

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Examples

  • There was no "mushroom cloud" no "WMDs" (except for the ones the republicans gave Saddam back when he was fighting the war they wanted him to fight) Thousands of people died so Haliburton and Blackwater could rake it in with lucerative government contracts.

    The notorious "You Lied" comment by Senator Wilson 2009

  • There was no "mushroom cloud" no "WMDs" (except for the ones the republicans gave Saddam back when he was fighting the war they wanted him to fight) Thousands of people died so Haliburton and Blackwater could rake it in with lucerative government contracts.

    The notorious "You Lied" comment by Senator Wilson 2009

  • Subscriptions are up, shows are sold out, top actors (movie stars!) are giving up lucerative film salaries to play Shakespearean roles.

    The Dirt On Shakespeare 2008

  • III - quants: these people, while employed by an institution or an armchair trader, use hedging, technical analysis and sometimes fundamentals to hone in on lucerative trades, which are spaced for both price volatility (so you can sell off but hold your early position, pick some more up lower when volatility gives you a break).

    King Lud IC 2009

  • Dutch winger Babel has singed a lucerative deal with Manchester City.

    unknown title 2009

  • Mr. Karzai categorically denied having any relationship with the CIA and said that he was not involved in the lucerative narcotics business in southern Afghanistan.

    International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2009

  • Due to the ethical and lucerative financial issues stemming from the human genome data, any other course would have meant an already competitive field would stall under the weight of duplication, patenting and the "circling of wagons" around fenced-off data.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Due to the ethical and lucerative financial issues stemming from the human genome data, any other course would have meant an already competitive field would stall under the weight of duplication, patenting and the "circling of wagons" around fenced-off data.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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