# filthy lucre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/

## Definitions
1. Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.

## Etymology
From filthy + lucre, which appears in the Tyndale Bible, and four times in the King James Version of the Bible, as a calque of Ancient Greek αἰσχρόν κέρδος (aiskhrón kérdos) and related terms such as αἰσχροκερδής (aiskhrokerdḗs, “[a person] given to filthy lucre”): see the quotations and Citations:filthy lucre.

## Source
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