cash grab

noun5

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. — 2009
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. — 2010
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." — 2013
4. •
   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. — 2013
5. •
   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. — 2010