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aquisitivo (-a)

acquisitive

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By giving one destroys those acquisitive impulses that ultimately lead to further suffering. en.wikipedia.org

Greed, as such, became an acquisitive exercise that fell on the wrong side of this divide. www.theatlantic.com

Acquisitive crimes to pay for the chemicals are inevitable if the survivor is unable to find employment. en.wikipedia.org

Democracy depends on naval power; naval power in turn depends on the control of capital resources; ergo a democracy will tend to be aggressively acquisitive. 6. en.wikipedia.org

Although sympathetic to his characters, he highlights their insular, snobbish, and acquisitive attitudes and their suffocating moral codes. en.wikipedia.org

Travel sites aren't the only ones in an acquisitive mood. www.cnbc.com

But the distress of some retailers leads to opportunities for other -- successful and acquisitive -- retailers. www.independent.co.uk

They could be considered an acquisitive society, often accused of thinking of nothing but how to earn money. en.wikipedia.org

By following the same method, namely, deduction through collection, he divides the acquisitive art into "possession taking" and "exchanging goods", to which sophistry belongs. en.wikipedia.org

Acquiring a piece of movable or immovable property by prescription is known as acquisitive prescription while losing property or a right is known as extinctive prescription. en.wikipedia.org

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