Englishacquisitive
adjective
he had the acquisitive instinct of a magpie:
greedy, hoarding, covetous, avaricious, possessive, grasping, grabbing, predatory, avid, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, money-oriented;
informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing, on the make;
North American, informal grabby;
Australian, informal hungry;
rare quaestuary, Mammonish, Mammonistic.