0 a strong feeling of wanting to have something, especially money or possessions
Curiosity had been her ruling motive, far more than cupidity.
Deciding, however, that his valuables were sufficiently protected, and that nothing was left out to excite the cupidity of a man to whom he had not been properly introduced, the person from Hartford went forth with a final retort.
The sight of so much wealth arouses the cupidity of the knaves, and they at once brew a plot to murder the huntsman in his sleep.
The wealth of her merchant princes had often tempted the cupidity of the despots of Asia.
This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
Her theme is that a mixture of ignorance and cupidity on both sides produced a great many boomerang effects.
Other allegations had been motivated by cupidity, 819/2/39.
The motives of his backers were hardly more edifying, moved as they evidently were by a mixture of political ambition and cupidity.
