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UnderstatedCornHole said:
Grubbing...
grub
ɡrʌb/
verb
gerund or present participle: grubbing
1.
dig or poke about in soil.
"the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms"
synonyms: dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel; More
2.
search in a clumsy and unmethodical manner.
"I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope"

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/money-grubbing

money-grubbingadjective

uk /ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/ us /ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/ disapproving

Someone who is money-grubbing has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it.