acquisitive

Example Sentences

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Deputy Chief Constable Jayne Meir, the NPCC's first lead for freight crime, said a new team at Opal - a police intelligence unit tackling organised acquisitive crime - would start targeting the issue next year.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

The acquisitive power of the very rich is soaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

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

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

When she asks her husband to “buy this perfect day” for her, it seems less acquisitive than sentimental.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2023

His manner is mild, his hands large, with thick fingers and acquisitive thumbs, his blue eyes uncommunicative, falsely innocuous.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood