Definition of Cupidity

excessive desire or greed

Examples of Cupidity in a sentence

John’s cupidity led him to try and rob the bank.  🔊

Because of my husband’s cupidity, he is now sitting in jail for making counterfeit money.  🔊

Cupidity often leads people to take things that do not belong to them.  🔊

When the president was arrested for theft of company funds, he made no attempt to apologize for his cupidity.  🔊

Jane got arrested for shoplifting because she could not control her cupidity.  🔊

Even when Frank won the lottery, he was still consumed by cupidity and continued to count every penny.  🔊

Alan’s cupidity for wealth led him to work twelve hours a day, six days a week.  🔊

During the ice storm, the hotel owner showed his cupidity by overcharging stranded people for their hotel rooms.  🔊

Do not let your cupidity make you ignore the hundred dollars in your hand because you think you see two hundred dollars in a bush!  🔊

Unable to control his cupidity, Mark stole money from his neighbors.  🔊

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