Both Uses of
covet
in
Oryx and Crake
- It will be a shore fish, a species too paltry and tasteless to have been coveted and sold and exterminated, or else a bottom-feeder pimply with toxins, but Snowman couldn't care less, he'll eat anything.†
p. 100.8 *coveted = strongly wanted
- No point in telling them not to lie, steal, commit adultery, or covet.†
p. 366.9covet = strongly desire
Definition:
to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)