A 'mercenary' is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is motivated to take part in the hostilities by the desire for private gain. The term 'mercenary' is also used to describe the army itself.
He hired an army of mercenaries to fight the battle for him, paying them money.
The mercenary only wanted the money for what he had done.
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