Pelf

Pelf (pelf) , noun

[Old English pelfir booty, Old French pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to English pillage. Compare Pilfer.]

Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.

Mucky pelf. — Spenser

Paltry pelf. — Burke

Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? — Fuller