English-Swedish translations for greed

• girighet en
  Det var inte girighet, individuell girighet, som var den avgörande faktorn.It is not greed, individual greed, which was the decisive factor.
  Krisen i mitt land har orsakats av girighet - ren girighet - hos den politiska och storfinansiella eliten.The crisis in my country was caused by greed - pure greed - among the political and big business elite.
  Den bottnar i girighet, och den saknar skrupler.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
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• greedyguts
• nonpedigreed
• greedy-guts