这仅仅是从法典的角度界定贪婪的概念。 古人们凭借法典来处罚杀人犯，盗窃犯，贪污犯，强盗和诈骗犯。

This more narrowly focused notion of greed is coherent with the law, which since antiquity has penalized murder, theft, embezzlement, extortion and fraud.