mercenary

The crisis underscores the limits of Mali's reliance on military force, supported by Russian Africa Corps mercenaries, as the Wagner Group is now known, whose role in operations is not officially acknowledged.

There’s a mercenary quality to the more ostentatious looks; they please crowds or pacify them for long enough to compel closer listening to the intricacies of her music.

Before his apparent demise, David and Juno had been heading down separate paths regarding their company — he more high-minded, she more mercenary.

This is the launch point for an examination of what makes us human, a notion set into stark relief by Kavalier’s heartlessness, Morrow’s mercenary fervor, and Kirsh’s combination of icy logic and hot disdain.

In recent months, the Haitian authorities have contracted mercenaries to help wrest back control.