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- adjective Alternative spelling of
money-grubbing .
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Examples
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We need a leader who will rise above the pettiness of the grasping, moneygrubbing, sleazy expenses claims - sort out the rot and set up a decent, new system.
PETRONA Maxine 2009
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We need a leader who will rise above the pettiness of the grasping, moneygrubbing, sleazy expenses claims - sort out the rot and set up a decent, new system.
I don't know where we are going Maxine 2009
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Talking about how all jews are moneygrubbing thieves or how all muslims are violent with the intent to subjugate more dhimmis should not be protected speech.
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We need a leader who will rise above the pettiness of the grasping, moneygrubbing, sleazy expenses claims - sort out the rot and set up a decent, new system.
June 2009 Maxine 2009
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Talking about how all jews are moneygrubbing thieves or how all muslims are violent with the intent to subjugate more dhimmis should not be protected speech.
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The banks have to be controlled … their only motivation is competitive greed fueled by blindly moneygrubbing stockholders.
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While some of these changes have been positive like hi-definition video and increasingly realistic computer-generated effects, others like 3D and performance capture have been dubious at best and annoying, moneygrubbing, cynical, ugly boondoggles at worst that have earned my scorn on numerous occasions -- a sentiment shared by many critics.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Artist -- Who Needs 3D... or Sound? Jonathan Kim 2011
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While some of these changes have been positive like hi-definition video and increasingly realistic computer-generated effects, others like 3D and performance capture have been dubious at best and annoying, moneygrubbing, cynical, ugly boondoggles at worst that have earned my scorn on numerous occasions -- a sentiment shared by many critics.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Artist -- Who Needs 3D... or Sound? Jonathan Kim 2011
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Is anyone surprised at more moneygrubbing and overreaching from the guy who stiffed small vendors with the arena's bankruptcy, and who named his yacht "Octopus?"
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We need a leader who will rise above the pettiness of the grasping, moneygrubbing, sleazy expenses claims - sort out the rot and set up a decent, new system.
I don't know where we are going Maxine 2009
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