Wat (wie) is pelf - definitie
Pelf
·noun Money; riches; lucre; gain;
- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
pelf
n.
Money, riches, lucre, mammon, gain, wealth (contemptuous term).
pelf
¦ noun archaic money, especially when gained dishonestly.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'booty'): from a var. of OFr. pelfre 'spoils', of unknown origin; cf. pilfer.
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor pelf
1. Humanity has been interred without compunction under the gross weight of power and pelf.
2. A visibly shaken Pelf said he was considering filing a complaint with police against the bodyguard.
3. But I am considering it," said Pelf, who did not reveal the name of the organisation he represents.
4. Sam Pelf was caught by the neck by one of the two bodyguards of the couple when he tried to take pictures.
5. Pelf said he also saw the bodyguards ‘abusing Indian journalists’. "It‘s nothing to do with me particularly, it‘s just the way they are treating the press," he said.