codicioso in English:

"We live in a competitive and acquisitive society; Syn: avaricious, possessive"

He is acquisitive of knowledge.

A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.

The greedy little child ate all the food.

Greedy people always want more stuff.

I don't want to live in a greedy and selfish society.

That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.

The greedy man was by no means satisfied with the reward.

Insatiably greedy.

Greedy cats are out for a fast buck.

Human society is a function of all humanity, those who profit most from it should pay the most for the benefit they gain, of course being greedy, they just want more.

Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

He is greedy. No, he's right to ask a reasonable amount for his work.

The next time you see somebody driving a Ferrari don't think, "This is somebody who is greedy."

Can a greedy person easily satisfy their appetite?

She's very greedy, because she always takes the last slice of pizza.

Some people are just greedy – they never have enough!