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mercenary

/'mɜrsə,nɛri/

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adjective
serving for wages in a foreign army
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"mercenary killers"

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free-lance freelance paid
noun
a person hired to fight for another country than their own
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soldier of fortune

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adventurer venturer
adjective
profit oriented
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"a mercenary enterprise"

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mercantile moneymaking commercial
adjective
marked by materialism
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materialistic worldly-minded worldly secular temporal

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