Acquisitive

Given MSFT cash position, being acquisitive is smart. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Police minister Vernon Coaker acknowledged the "new challenges" of burglary and other so-called acquisitive crimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The essential pulse of the flame, the very action of the cerebral temperature, brought to the highest point, yet extraordinarily contained -- these facts themselves were the immensity of the result; they were one with perfection of machinery, they had constituted the kind of acquisitive power engendered and applied, the necessary triumph of all operations. ❋ Henry James (1879)

The prize is acquisitive, meaning the winning artwork goes to Mr Sellers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

First of all, I've been really busy being "acquisitive" lately. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last year, a leaked memo from the Home Office to Downing Street warned that a recession could lead to more "acquisitive" crimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By eliminating private property and free trade each philosopher thinks he is "freeing" an individual from the kind of acquisitive mentality that creates division in society. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In an address replete with classical anti-Semitic motifs, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Zionists are criminals and murderers, are "acquisitive" and "deceitful," and dominate global finance despite their "minuscule" number. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Other companies also following this model include Honeywell, who acquired Tridium in 2005, while Schneider Electric has also been acquisitive, meaning that clients will struggle to find an independent and impartial solution that matches their requirements, rather than one that follows proprietary stacks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"acquisitive" crimes, including burglary, as a result of the economic downturn. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Washington compared the lynching of blacks with pogroms against Jews in a 1906 speech, the Jewish newspaper the Modern View complained that he drew a “poor parallel” between African Americans, “who by carnal crimes bring their people into disrepute,” and Jews, who are “thought to be too acquisitive and too able commercially, professionally, and otherwise.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

As China makes tentative steps to build market share in Europe and the U.S., European and U.S. car manufacturers are puzzling over the most effective strategy to cash in on the potentially huge opportunities a growing and acquisitive Chinese middle class offers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I [congratulate] you on your acquisition. It is a [formidable] item you have [acquired]. ❋ A Broken Lady (2005)

I just got the entire first [season] of [Trailer Park Boys] off [Acquisition]! ❋ Calvin (2005)

"[alright man]! i just had my girlfriend do an acquisition in front of me. it was [well good]. i got to pick out the [glass]! ❋ Sammy Versett (2009)

Yeah, [Scott] [have me] that [vest], but then he asked for it back; I guess it was an indigenous acquisition. ❋ Vapor S. Thompson (2012)

Yeah, I did [score] this [jacket] [for free] from Johnny, but then he asked for it back; I guess it was an aboriginal acquisition. ❋ Vapor S. Thompson (2012)

Some examples of Rules of [Acquisition] include: Rule of Acquisition #22: A [wise man] can hear profit in the wind Rule of Acquisition #34: War is [good for business] Rule of Acquisition #47: Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own Rule of Acquisition #98: Every man has his price ❋ IrishCreem (2019)

"Honey I think [our son] is involved in a stereo-theft ring" "[Nonsense] dear, Billy [explained] that he got all this fancy stuff through Alternative Acquisition." ❋ Mike A.N (2010)

"I almost fell for his [Acquisition] 4 [dick size]." "i missed [a class] and Acquisition 4ed an excuse." ❋ Angieledbetter (2008)

"[Early Saturday] [morning] is [a perfect] time for curbside acquisition." ❋ Melicia (2004)

Once the [acquisition phase] was over, she wasn't [nearly] as likable. ❋ Intuitive One (2022)