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cupide
self-serving

ou cupide,
or covetous,

personne cupide
self-serving person

une personne cupide
a self-serving person

le gouvernement trouve cela cupide.
the government thinks that is greedy.

avare/cupide/avaricieuse/avaricieux
avaricious

hélas, ali baba a un frère trop cupide.
but alas, ali baba had a brother who was too greedy.

négativement, u peut être égoïste, cupide et indécis.
when it is the first vowel in a name the bearer will be freedom loving. negatively, u can be selfish, greedy and indecisive.

israël a poursuivi son acquisition cupide des territoires arabes.
israel continued its greedy seizure of arab territories.

se nommant frère, est impudique, ou cupide, ou idolâtre,
if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous,

saisir /avide/avare/saisie /cupide/poigne
grasping

je me pardonne d'être malhonnête, cupide, jaloux, comparatif, craintif
i forgive myself for being dishonest, greedy,jealous, comparative, fearful

le principe personnel de la bourgeoisie, c'est l'individualisme cupide et la concurrence.
the personal basis under the bourgeoisie meant selfish individualism and competition.

j'aimerais utiliser le mot qui, dans ma langue, signifie cupide; c'est...
i would like to call it the term of greed, which in my language is-

j’ignore comment l’esprit mercantile et cupide s’empare lentement, imperceptiblement d’une religion.
i don’t know how commercialism and a money-motive slowly and imperceptibly attaches itself to a religious cause.

cupides
greedy