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Definition of lucre noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lucre

noun
 
/ˈluːkə(r)/
 
/ˈluːkər/
[uncountable] (disapproving)
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  1. money, especially when it has been obtained in a way that is not honest or moral
    • the lure of filthy lucre
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French lucre or Latin lucrum; the phrase filthy lucre is with an allusion to the Bible, Tit. 1:11.
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