cupidity

ahneus Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
1857, w:Anthony_Trollope Anthony Trollope, w:Barchester_Towers Barchester Towers, Volume the First, page 11 (ISBN 1857150570)

His affairs, however, were not allowed to subside thus quietly, and people were quite as much inclined to talk about the disinterested sacrifice he had made, as they had before been to upbraid him for his cupidity.

Humanity had always been fascinated by the mystery of the falling dice, the turn of a card, the spin of the pointer. At its lowest level, this interest was based on mere cupidity—and that was an emotion that could have no place in a world where everyone possessed all that they could reasonably need.

It was easy to dissimulate and disperse these modest purchases in such a way as not to excite the cupidity of any passing patrols.