grasping

adj

1. Greedy, eager for wealth.

   “Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of grasp

noun

1. The act of one who grasps or covets.

   “These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings.”