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acquisitive

[uh-kwiz-i-tiv] / əˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
eager to obtain knowledge or things
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rapacious
WEAK
avaricious avid covetous demanding desirous grabbing grabby grasping greedy predatory prehensile

Example Sentences

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The acquisitive power of the very rich is soaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, National Police Chiefs' Council lead for acquisitive crime, says they are "committed" to reducing theft and pursuing offenders.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

By confronting the emptiness of consumerism, the Sex Pistols encourage listeners to get beyond object-oriented, acquisitive pursuits.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

Big Oil replaces Big Tech at the top of Friday's corporate diary, with recently acquisitive Exxon Mobil and Chevron due to report.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023

How could these hierarchical, acquisitive, market-oriented, monotheistic, ethnocentric newcomers have absorbed ideas and customs from the egalitarian, reciprocal, noncapitalistic, pantheistic, ethnocentric natives?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann