"prehensile" in the adjective sense
1. prehensile
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey's prehensile tail"
2. prehensile
having a keen intellect
"poets
3. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money"
"casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"
"a grasping old miser"
"grasping commercialism"
"greedy for money and power"
"grew richer and greedier"
"prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
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