"avarices" in the noun sense
1. avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
reprehensible acquisitiveness insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity
extreme greed for material wealth
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