Meaning of 'greed' in Samoan is: matapeʻapeʻa

greed: matapeʻapeʻa

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fia 'ai, fiaʻai, naunau, oge, matapeʻapeʻa, matuā manaʻo, moomoo, faanaunauga, fia inu, manaʻo, mativa.

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Noun(1) excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth(2) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins(3) overwhelming desire for more

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(1) You are meant to be helping us and not just serving the developers and greed and money.(2) But the worse bit is, he is a victim of the stupidity and greed of the parents of those young boys.(3) Although legend has made her an icon of female lust, her chief vice was greed .(4) Such places are more gourmand than gourmet, tied up with the wrong kind of greed and a vulgar desire to impress.(5) Hundreds of beautiful blooms are lost forever, perhaps mostly because of greed .(6) It is bad for our province and makes a laughing stock of us when greed and power appear to be the cause.(7) In our age, the men who shake the planet for their own power and greed are called corrupters.(8) On top of that there are the human factors of greed , vanity or just plain ignorance that can creep in.(9) Because of corporate greed elsewhere, he may not be able to get his idea to the market.(10) They must be made aware of the troubles that they cause by their own selfish greed .(11) greed has taken over football(12) The story is one of family; the bond between brothers put to the test by a terrible act of violence and greed .(13) It's not difficult, use some common sense and purchase for need and not for greed .(14) Yet what holds the play together is a sense of disloyalty and unscrupulous greed .(15) In an era dominated by greed and selfishness, they acted with phenomenal selflessness.(16) Some say the war is fuelled by greed more than politics, and will never end.