mercenary in English

adjective
1
(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
she's nothing but a mercenary little gold digger
noun
1
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
It is hard to believe that the country would hire foreign mercenaries for military and daily operations.
synonyms:soldier of fortuneprofessional soldierhired soldiergunmanhired guncondottiere

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1. Absolution (Mercenary: Absolution) Quotes

2. Mercenary men lust for wealth.

3. His actions are entirely mercenary.

4. Acquisitive: See: confiscatory , insatiable , mercenary , parsimonious

5. Your friend is quite a mercenary.

6. This mercenary man is my husband.

7. Besides, her object was not purely mercenary.

8. These days, they're more mercenary than government.

9. She did it for purely mercenary reasons.

10. Though perhaps that is merely a synonym for mercenary.

11. Wallenstein contract now affects the new WarChiefs mercenary units.

12. Dominique Borella, was a French soldier and mercenary.

13. Rule number one in the mercenary handbook.

14. I'm just a mercenary fighting for gold.

15. He will tell you I am mercenary.

16. His action was prompted by mercenary motives.

17. Burgonets were also popular with Swiss mercenary infantry and pikemen

18. The mercenary troops are embarking on new adventures there.

19. When you hear the word " forger, " you often understand " mercenary. "

20. You're a mercenary and you kill people with laser guns!

21. The mercenary, too, could not hide his surprise.

22. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.

23. Viture flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

24. Are you a mercenary who turns his back on the innocent?

25. To him, being paid would have meant being a mercenary.

26. He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.

27. Fife-and-drum corps of Swiss mercenary foot soldiers also used drums.

28. Crewcut is a shady mercenary and a villain in Static Shock

29. The main character is Gokurakumaru, a violent mercenary and poor womanizer.

30. I have completed my analysis of the signal from the mercenary ship.

31. Sponsors were criticized for their mercenary attitude toward the Olympic games.

32. Junkrat, real name Jamison Fawkes, is an Australian scavenger, mercenary and anarchist.

33. So if I'm not a cop, I'm a mercenary, is that it?

34. Venice sent a multinational mercenary army which soon regained control of the major cities.

35. Avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, rapacious, grasping, venal, Cupidinous, materialistic, mercenary, predatory, usurious, possessive

36. He's a South African mercenary frequently hired by Crawford's private security firm.

37. So the choice often comes down to mercenary peacekeeping or no peacekeeping.

38. The Brutish Mercenary was one of Eli Mills' mercenaries, responsible for guarding Dr

39. The mercenary hid his conniving smile at the sight of Vierna's obvious pleasure.

40. Bayman is a former assassin and current mercenary who practices the Sambo style of fighting

41. Derrick Pfeil is a mercenary and King Victor hires him to defence the southern borders.

42. 18 At first glance, he resembled a truck driver,[www.Sentencedict.com] or perhaps a mercenary soldier.

43. Thane was an intergalactic mercenary, summoned to planets by the Watchers to Assassinate …

44. Upon reaching a mercenary weapons cache, Jack notices his arm is turning green.

45. Their hair was everywhere in the gusts: a solemn mercenary navy imported by a poor place.

46. The Barbarians of Hark'han are opportunists ever eager to offertheir mercenary services to the highest bidder

47. Bloodshed has been trained as a mercenary for a number of years and is skilled fighter

48. Derrick Pfeil is a mercenary, King Victor hired him to defence the southern borders.

49. Even this gesture, a mercenary movement, had about it the lilt of broken syllables.

50. Synonyms for Cupidinous include greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, grasping, covetous, rapacious, grabby, materialistic, mercenary and venal