LUCRE


Meaning of LUCRE in English

[ 'lu:kə ]

■ noun literary money, especially when gained dishonourably.

Origin

ME: from Fr. ~ or L. lucrum ; the phr. filthy ~ is with biblical allusion to Tit. 1:11.

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