Mercenary

Adjective

 * 1) motivated by private gain

Synonyms

 * (motivated by private gain): greedy, venal

Noun

 * 1) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

Adverbs for Mercenary
stingily; sordidly;  basely;  penuriously; greedily; deliberately; openly; obviously; manifestly; amazingly; surprisingly; selfishly; shamelessly;  avowedly;  miserably; wretchedly; blandly; frankly; ungenerously; rapaciously; avariciously; palpably; outrageously; inconsiderately; harshly; extortionately; churlishly; unbelievably; uncommonly.

Thesaurus
a hog for, acquisitive, adventurer, all-devouring, assistant, avaricious, avid, bottomless, bought, bribable, chartered, condottiere, corrupt, corruptible, coveting, covetous, devouring, drudge, employed, employee, esurient, free lance, girl Friday, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, grub, grubber, gun, gunman, hack, hired, hired gun, hired hand, hired killer, hired man, hireling, hoggish, insatiable, insatiate, leased, let, limitless, man Friday, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, myrmidon, omnivorous, on the take, overgreedy, paid, pensioner, piggish, predatory, professional killer, purchasable, quenchless, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, rented, right-hand man, slakeless, slavey, soldier of fortune, sordid, subleased, sublet, swinish, unappeasable, unappeased, unethical, unprincipled, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unscrupulous, unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious, worker

Etymology
From mercenarius: < merces:.

Adjective

 * Finnish:
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 * Greek: μισθοφορικός, ιδιοτελής


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Noun

 * Arabic: مرتزق
 * Armenian: վարձկան
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 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: lejesoldat
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 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: málaliði
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 * Latin: mercēnārius
 * Norwegian Bokmål: leiesoldat
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: leigesoldat
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 * Russian: наёмник
 * Serbo-Croatian: plaćenik, najamnik
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: legosoldat