lucre
noun /ˈluːkə(r)/
/ˈluːkər/
[uncountable] (disapproving)- money, especially when it has been obtained in a way that is not honest or moral
- the lure of filthy lucre
Word Originlate Middle English: from French lucre or Latin lucrum; the phrase filthy lucre is with an allusion to the Bible, Tit. 1:11.