Examples of 'mercenary' in a sentence
Meaning of "mercenary"
Mercenary is a noun describing a person primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
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- One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- 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 primary motivation is private gain.
- One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
- Motivated by private gain.
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The criminal nature of mercenary activities is hidden.
The mercenary fleet begins almost by accident.
So there was ultimately a mercenary reason behind that.
I am a mercenary ninja who works for money.
Mercing is serving as a mercenary within the game.
Mercenary armies leveled the playing field.
The life of a mercenary is hard without a war.
Lie drowned and soaked in mercenary blood.
We have been a mercenary family for eight generations.
If he is former military then it suggests mercenary work.
An unknown mercenary recognizable by a mark on his hand.
You strike me as a rather mercenary young man.
Hiring a mercenary to hijack his own ship.
You gotta love that mercenary spirit.
A mercenary is lashed with whips and chains.
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There is a million mercenary memoirs out there.
The mercenary is nothing but a professional criminal.
You are nothing but a mercenary and a traitor.
His own mercenary army is personally responsible.
Some kind of meathead mercenary sort of thing.
That mercenary in the starched white shirt.
Private security companies and mercenary activities.
Part of some mercenary outfit called painkillers.
Collecting information on individuals convicted of mercenary activities.
He is a freelance mercenary known for his marksmanship.
She is obviously uneducated and openly mercenary.
If there is a mercenary group operating in that region.
Some have become involved in mercenary activities.
Your mercenary army is on its last legs.
You really think everyone is as mercenary as you are.
The mercenary bitch will not budge.
Two adults and four mercenary children.
This makes it difficult to categorize someone as a mercenary.
No one can suspect me of mercenary intentions now.
I was snooping around and suddenly appear mercenary.
I might take you for a mercenary or a bandit.
This is the résumé ofa professional mercenary.
He was setting himself up as a mercenary for that warlord.
Mercenary soldiers go where the money is.
Then you did the whole mercenary thing.
Any wounded mercenary was given excellent medical attention.
Later he told me later he was a mercenary for hire.
I am just a mercenary fighting for gold.
I might as well hire myself out as a mercenary.
I will not be the mercenary of anybody.
And the evils that has he done as a mercenary.
And after this the mercenary young lovers.
They say that he has turned to be a mercenary.
You are just a mercenary bounty hunter.
He was skilled in warfare and worked as a mercenary soldier.
