lucre
noun
[ ˈluːkə ]
• money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonourable way.
• "officials getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre"
Similar:
money,
cash,
hard cash,
ready money,
funds,
capital,
finances,
riches,
wealth,
spoils,
ill-gotten gains,
Mammon,
profit,
profits,
gain,
proceeds,
winnings,
dough,
bread,
loot,
moolah,
dosh,
brass,
lolly,
spondulicks,
wonga,
ackers,
the ready,
readies,
pelf,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French lucre or Latin lucrum ; the phrase filthy lucre is with biblical allusion to Tit. 1:11.
