Usually means: Money obtained through dishonorable means.
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  1. filthy lucre: Merriam-Webster
  2. filthy lucre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. filthy lucre: Vocabulary.com
  4. filthy lucre: Wiktionary
  5. filthy lucre: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. filthy lucre: Dictionary.com
  7. Filthy Lucre (Californication), Filthy Lucre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. filthy lucre: FreeDictionary.org
  9. filthy lucre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. filthy lucre: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. filthy lucre: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. filthy lucre: Idioms

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  1. filthy lucre: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (filthy lucre)

noun:  (idiomatic, derogatory, often humorous in modern use) Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.

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