Desire leads to coveting, and coveting leads to stealing. He was not known for swearing, cheating, or coveting. He condemns coveting another man's wife. He accused the foreigner traders of coveting profit and lacking morality. The viscount was still coveting the ducal crown for his son but failed. I remember coveting a Bentley like crazy. The Portuguese had long suspected the German government of coveting their Angola colony. This satellite carried 12 C-band transponders coveting a region from Japan to Singapore.