acquisitive

His sociability was stronger than his acquisitive instinct.

I noted this; I remembered what an acquisitive propensity she had shown when it was a question of extracting gold from me, and I privately rejoiced at the happy thought I had had in suspending my tribute.

Unlike the rest of us, however, in this as in all else, Raffles would not infrequently allow the acquisitive spirit of the mere collector to silence the dictates of professional prudence.

He was a mere aggressive and acquisitive individual with no sense of the State, no habitual loyalty, no devotion, no code of honour, no code even of courage.

You are piggish and acquisitive, but the magic of your phrases leads you to believe that you are patriotic.

Over the years she had committed acquisitive crime in order to feed a drugs addiction.

The report on acquisitive crime or crimes of dishonesty prepared for the local authority shows the rate of car crime in Renfrewshire sits at 25 for every 100,000 per population, above 22 nationally.

It expects Broadcom to remain highly acquisitive, given its track record and that CA represents a significant departure from core semiconductor and related markets into the fragmented infrastructure software space.

Original Travel and its existing management team will become Voyageurs du Monde's partner and platform for organic and acquisitive growth in the English-speaking world

A: Acquisitive prescription of dominion and other real rights may be ordinary or extraordinary.

On a very select basis, Harvey and CO works with acquisitive companies to identify and evaluate opportunities for growth, including public companies, private equity-backed portfolio companies, private companies, foreign-owned companies, and private equity investors seeking new investments.