Translations for „lucre“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

lucre [ˈlu:kəɐ, Am -kɚ] N no pl

lucre

при́быль f

lucre

вы́года f

(filthy) lucre iron

гря́зная нажи́ва f

Usage examples with lucre

(filthy) lucre iron

гря́зная нажи́ва f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To those who make a lot of it, lucre represents achievement.

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The poor give their lives -- make the rich give their lucre.

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Politicians and bureaucrats would succumb to the lure of government lucre accumulated through taxation, tariff duties and public land sales.

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Our conscious sporting personalities refused to be enticed into breaking the embargo by the lure of filthy lucre.

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Untouched by the lure of the lucre, she encourages me to follow my heart.

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From this, the term filthy lucre became slang for money.

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They're sellouts who have taken filthy lucre rather than do something creative with their talents.

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Even the truest fan can be corrupted by the filthy lucre at the top of the game.

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I went to my bank and asked them there to help me count my filthy lucre.

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The council further insisted that in the invocation of saints, the veneration of relics and the sacred use of images, every superstition shall be removed and all filthy lucre abolished.

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