What is the meaning of covetousness?

An envious eagerness to possess something.
Extreme greed for material wealth.
- synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. ).
- synonyms: avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritia

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