Lucre means profit or money: “Middle-men working for corrupt leaders make much lucre and become rich in a short time.”
Looter , on the other hand, is an individual who engages in stealing or taking property typically through force: ” Robin hood was not a looter in the traditional sense because he looted the rich to help the poor.”
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