| He is silent but acquisitive, so I do not tease him with too many explanations. |
| Hunt's acquisitive instincts far surpassed anything the Sublime Porte had in mind when it granted the firman. |
| Market historians tend to view early American farmers as acquisitive, money-making, land-hungry, entrepreneurial go-getters. |
| Greedy and acquisitive, he set his sights on this land in order to carve out a feudal domain for himself. |
| Highly acquisitive corporates that are purchasing bolt-on companies are under scrutiny. |
| But the acquisitive instinct fostered by capitalism would come to subvert the moral basis that initially allowed the system to flourish. |
