lucre

[ loo-ker ]

noun

1. monetary reward or gain; money.

lucre

/ ˈluːkə /

noun

1. facetious.
   money or wealth (esp in the phrase filthy lucre )

Word History and Origins

Origin of lucre¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin lucrum profit; akin to Old English lēan reward, German Lohn, Gothic, Old Norse laun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lucre¹

C14: from Latin lūcrum gain; related to Old English lēan reward, German Lohn wages

Example Sentences

We’re just spitballing alternative-history takes here while we await our bountiful tip-jar tax breaks and tariff lucre.

From Slate

Three illicit networks laundered more than $600 million in ill-gotten lucre through TD Bank accounts within that period.

From Los Angeles Times

On Sunday, 23 June 1996, 30,000 punks had gathered in Finsbury Park for the Sex Pistols' Filthy Lucre reunion tour.

From BBC

Attackers could include “hacktivists” seeking to make a political statement and cyberextortionists bent on lucre.

From Seattle Times

Last August, shortly after Elon Musk revoked Twitter’s ban of Dom Lucre—a far-right conspiracist and peddler of child sexual abuse imagery—the fringe influencer shared a hazy “photo” of Trump at a Black-hosted cookout and asked, “Why is Obama never in the hood?”

From Slate