greed

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Most of the unhappy denizens of Dante’s imagined hell are being eternally tormented for specific moral crimes in categories covering lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

American business and Silicon Valley, in particular, are littered with classic beefs fueled by ambition, greed and green-eyed jealousy: the late Steve Jobs vs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Gomez’s sculpture thus becomes an important record of a precious moment: one in which the dregs of greed were laid bare for all to see.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Prosecutors say the couple was driven by "greed", and were earning enough money from the business to properly care for the bodies.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

In his Ring cycle, Wagner tackles the subjects of incest, or the abuse of power, or greed - all pertinent to nineteenth-century Europe - but transports the action to the distant mists of prehistory.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall