| Russian | English |
| в корыстных целях | for personal gain (see e.g. here  cnn.com Tanya Gesse) |
| в корыстных целях | for lucrative purposes, for mercenary purposes, for mercenary ends, for one's own profit (HarryWharton&Co) |
| использование служебного положения в корыстных или личных целях | jobbery |
| использование служебного положения в корыстных целях | jobbery |
| использовать в корыстных целях | use for your own ends (Anglophile) |
| использовать заёмный капитал в корыстных целях при биржевых операциях | leverage |
| корыстная цель if you say that someone has an ulterior motive for doing something, you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it > Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan. Example Sentences Including 'ulterior motive' But the MDC may also have an ulterior motive : to prematurely declare the election rigged and fraudulent. SA STAR (2005) He dismissed suspicions that there might be "some ulterior motive " behind the incentives. IRISH TIMES (2002) I don't think Pam read it with any ulterior motive at all, but the effect it had on me was electrifying. Penny Junor HOME TRUTHS: LIFE AROUND MY FATHER (2002) That was the line he shot, though knowing him as I did I'm bloody sure he had a more personal, ulterior motive. Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME There usually seems to be an ulterior motive where grown-ups are concerned. Ian St James Awards AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE Thus, there was no ulterior motive in the earlier deal with UTI. BUSINESS TODAY (1997) When asked whether he believed Aitken had any ulterior motive for his actions, he said: `I have absolutely no reason to believe that. INDEPENDENT (1999). Collins | ulterior motive (Alexander Demidov) |
| корыстная цель | seeking lucre (guardian.co.uk Tanya Gesse) |
| корыстные цели | deceptive purposes (yuliya zadorozhny) |
| корыстные цели | an axe to grind (tafosehu) |
| корыстные цели | sordid motives |
| обхаживать в корыстных целях | ingratiate oneself with (Wiana) |
| он преследует корыстные цели | he grinds his own axe |
| преследовать корыстную цель | ax to grind (driven) |
| преследовать корыстные цели | pursue mercenary aims (Ying) |
| преследовать корыстные цели | have an eye to the main chance |
| преследовать корыстные цели | have an axe to grind |
| преследовать корыстные цели | grind one's own axe |
| преследовать личные корыстные цели | have an axe to grind |
| преследовать личные корыстные цели | have an ax to grind |
| преследуя корыстные цели | with an eye to the main chance (ssn) |
| с корыстной целью | for financial gain (HarryWharton&Co) |
| с корыстной целью | interestedly |
| с корыстными целями | for covetous aims (Alexander Demidov) |
| человек, использующий религию в корыстных целях | Balaamite |
| человек, преследующий корыстные цели | axe-grinder |
