Definition of grasping
(adj)
immoderately desirous of
acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and
will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a
grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for
money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
stingy with raises for their employees"