Lucre is an English word with synonyms like scratch or pelf. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lucre in a sentence
Related words
Lucre meaning
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
Synonyms of Lucre
Using Lucre
- The main meaning on this page is: Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
- Useful related words include: boodle, scratch, pelf, moolah.
- In the example corpus, lucre often appears in combinations such as: filthy lucre.
Context around Lucre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lucre
- In this selection, "lucre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, filthy, accumulating, government, thrown, compelled and tour stand out and add context to how "lucre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by filthy lucre and definition for lucre is as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lucre" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lucre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My point is that avarice, another definition for lucre, is as old as humanity. (14 words)
Nor, likely, were the of Americans who already believe their federal political system is tainted by filthy lucre. (18 words)
Once again, sugar workers are being shafted because their leaders are either cowardly or have been seduced by filthy lucre. (20 words)
You shall not, for favor, lucre or gain, appoint or write anything for the poor but such good and wholesome things as you shall think with your best advice will do the poor good, without any affection or respect to be had to the apothecary. (45 words)
The high command, of course, is as well entrenched in corruption as the rank and file and it is well known that some of the officers obviously live on filthy lucre, over and above their means. (36 words)
Surely, if accumulating lucre compelled me, I’d have collected riches instead of education and experiences that taught me not all knowledge is best put in service of power or money. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
My point is that avarice, another definition for lucre, is as old as humanity.
Our voices and our votes are meaningless compared to the irresistible filthy lucre thrown about by corporations, developers and the 1%.
Nor, likely, were the of Americans who already believe their federal political system is tainted by filthy lucre.
Once again, sugar workers are being shafted because their leaders are either cowardly or have been seduced by filthy lucre.
The high command, of course, is as well entrenched in corruption as the rank and file and it is well known that some of the officers obviously live on filthy lucre, over and above their means.
Surely, if accumulating lucre compelled me, I’d have collected riches instead of education and experiences that taught me not all knowledge is best put in service of power or money.
In 1996, Rotten, Jones, Cook and Matlock reunited for the Filthy Lucre Tour ; since 2002, they have staged further reunion shows and tours.
Politicians and bureaucrats would succumb to the lure of government lucre accumulated through taxation, tariff duties and public land sales.
You shall not, for favor, lucre or gain, appoint or write anything for the poor but such good and wholesome things as you shall think with your best advice will do the poor good, without any affection or respect to be had to the apothecary.
Common combinations with lucre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: