[mass noun]money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonourable way (尤指通过不正当渠道获得的)金钱 officials getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre. 双手肮脏,大敛不义之财的官员们。
语源
late Middle English: from French lucre or Latin lucrum; the phrase filthy lucre is with biblical allusion to Tit. 1:11