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 Translation for 'money grubbing' from English to Icelandic
ADJ   money-grubbing | more money-grubbing | most money-grubbing
fégjarn {adj}money-grubbing [coll.]
Partial Matches
fjár.hagkerfi
rafeyrir {k}
electronic money <e-money>
aur {k} [talm.] [peningar]money
eyrir {k} [talm.]money
fjár.
fjármunir {k.ft} [peningar]
money
peningar {k}money
fé {hv}money
eyðslueyrir {k}spending money
uppgrip {hv.ft}money rain
eyðslufé {hv}spending money
unverified aflafé {hv}own money
vinna sér inn peningato earn money
vinna fyrir peningumto earn money
verðlaunafé {hv}trophy money
verðlaunafé {hv}prize money
aurar {k.ft} [talm.]money {sg}
aura samato collect money
peningamarkaður {k}money market
lausnargjald {hv}ransom money
orlofslaun {hv.ft}vacation money
peningaþvætti {hv}money laundering
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Usage Examples English
  • The latter are all tidied up by his money-grubbing manager, who doesn't want anything to taint his cash cow.
  • Historically scorned as an "evil money-grubbing woman" who dragged the country into war, Nagai's portrayal is of a woman who is savior of the government, and who is skilled at finance and politics.
  • In the 1953 memoir "Bring On the Girls!" (by P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton), he is depicted as an extraordinarily manipulative and money-grubbing entrepreneur.
  • Ayesa is also known for working in the role of the money-grubbing landlord Joe, in the kids television show "The Ferals" on the ABC.
  • For instance, some cast Brandeis, who actually conducted much of his legal work pro bono, as "money grubbing".

  • This opposition to what Nazis termed "Finanzkapitalismus" (finance capitalism) and "raffendes Kapital" (which translates roughly to "money-grubbing capitalism", and was implied to mean "Jewish capitalism"), which they contrasted to producerism or what was termed "productive capitalism", was shared by Adolf Hitler, who borrowed it from Gottfried Feder.
  • While her fees are high and she can come across as money-grubbing, most if not all of her information is legitimate; she is also known for working in finding missing persons.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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