cash grab

noun
/ˈkæʃ ˌɡɹæb/

Definitions

  1. A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits or money.

    • Considering some of the other offers that were made, allowing this one piece of merchandise was by no means a cash grab; this was merely Watterson putting a toe in the water.
  2. Legislation that serves primarily the purpose of generating revenue.

    • But this governance exercise quickly degenerated into a cash grab exercise (fundamentally corrupting the original purposes), when deficit and debt reduction became the categorical imperative.
  3. An activity engaged in with the intention of making money quickly.

    • They went out on a cash grab today, got a couple hundred grand, but they say they've turned the courier around, go intel there's a big money stash out there."
    • What could be more cynical than a cash grab wrapped up in “never again?”
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. The money generated by a cash grab.

      • If you are sustainably harvesting, you should be able to sustain the income that comes from harvesting instead of getting a larger cash grab now, and then forgoing future income.
    2. A game in which players attempt to grab as much money as possible.

      • The culminating funtivity is a cash grab on a Twister-like mat between two people, in which they stuff as much money into their various pockets, shirt fronts, and orifices as humanly possible.

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