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mercenary adjective accessible to bribery, avaricious, bribable, conductus, corrupt, corruptible, covetous, exacting, exploitative, grasping, greedy, hired, hireling, leased, materialistic, mercenarius, money conncious, money hungry, motivated by a desire for money, motivated by greed, opportunistic, paid, possessive, purchasable, rapacious, selfish, simoniacal, usurious, venal, venalis See also: employee, illiberal, parsimonious, penurious, venal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Your jobs range from recruiting prostitutes for local brothels (a quick pick-up-and-drive mission) to serving as a hired gun for a drug dealer. The qualms about Chief Justice Roberts's endorsement of the lawyer's role as hired gun expressed in this column recently are shared by our alumnus Michael Kinsley. Wachovia reached out to Chad Johnson, 38, who became its "big hired gun. |
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