avarice in the PONS Dictionary

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Translations for avarice in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Bulgarian)

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Instilling avarice is the same as teaching a child every form of crime.
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She identified the political corruption and business avarice that caused the city bureaucracy to ignore health, sanitation, and building codes.
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Avarice and envy are always beggars, and remorse comes after anger.
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And in a way it was his avarice that absolved him from the charge of corrupting the vestal, and he was acquitted by the judges.
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He dreaded the brutality and ignorance of the mob as much as he despised the avarice and ennui of the upper class.
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Second, it was at least as sinful for the nobles to compel theft with their avarice as for the poor to steal for bread.
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Since then, it has become synonymous with avarice.
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He is the living embodiment of several of the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, avarice, sloth and, most especially, greed and gluttony.
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But the possession of all these, instead of satisfying his avarice, only served to inflame him the more.
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What a jumble of avarice, lewdness, dignity - and claret!
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