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mercenary: a person hired to fight for another country than their own

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purchasable collapse: available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale"

hired collapse: having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun"

paid collapse: marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"

employed collapse: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"; put to use

right hand man collapse

sublet collapse: lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person; "We sublet our apartment over the summer"

unethical collapse: not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

money hungry collapse

unslakeable collapse

unsated collapse: not having been satisfied

money mad collapse

hireling collapse: a person who works only for money

perfidious collapse

unprincipled collapse: having little or no integrity; lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson

corruptible collapse: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

myrmidon collapse: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy; a follower who carries out orders without question

pensioner collapse: the beneficiary of a pension fund

grabby collapse

gobbling collapse

selfish collapse: concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

unquenchable collapse

unappeasable collapse

avaricious collapse: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

venal collapse

insatiable collapse

rapacious collapse: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

unscrupulous collapse: without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

acquisitive collapse: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

avid collapse: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"; (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"

piggish collapse

employee collapse: a worker who is hired to perform a job

drudge collapse: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

devouring collapse

hoggish collapse: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"

assistant collapse: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

ravenous collapse

omnivorous collapse: feeding on both plants and animals

gunman collapse: a professional killer who uses a gun; a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

voracious collapse

greedy collapse: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

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