English-Finnish translations for greed

• ahneus
  Ratkaiseva tekijä ei ollut ahneus - inhimillinen ahneus. It is not greed, individual greed, which was the decisive factor.
  Meidän on erotettava toisistaan ahneus ja tarpeet. We need to distinguish between greed and need.
  Sen maaperänä on ahneus, eivätkä tunnontuskat ole sen esteenä. At its root is greed, and it knows no scruples.

Definition of greed

• A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions
• To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire

Examples

• His greed was his undoing

Related words

• greedy
• agreed
• greedily
• disagreed
• greediness
• filigreed
• greedyguts
• nonpedigreed
• greedy-guts