'avarice' definitions:

Definition of 'avarice'

(from WordNet)
noun
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
noun
Extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]