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
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for covetous
covetous = split it as cove(love) + to + US ; because of excessive greed and the love for money covetous people go to USA. i remembered like that.
karan johar is covetous about kareena kapoor
winners are always greedy (/ covetous \)to win the COVETED titles/cups.
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In media reports, sports news are always like --> a competition for The "COVETED" title/cup.
Covetousness is one of the seven deadly sins described in bible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Greed
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