muckworms
/ˈmʌkˌwɜːrmz/
noun
- People who are greedy for money or who behave in a dishonest or selfish way, especially in business or politics.
- Some investors see the stock market as a place for muckworms to take advantage of others.
- The old story tells of a king who surrounded himself with muckworms who stole from the treasury.
- The newspaper article accused the city councilors of being muckworms who only cared about their own profits.
- Worms or larvae that live in mud or manure, often used as fishing bait.
- He dug up some muckworms from the compost heap to use for fishing.
- The farmer turned over the manure pile and found hundreds of muckworms helping to break it down.
- After the rain, the garden was full of muckworms wriggling in the wet soil.