They must see him as a traitor, and the only way to overcome that was with naked self-interest, backed up by inflexible control.

There was, Tony thought, little that was more powerful than naked self-interest.

The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency.

Such naked self-interest has got us into the mess we're in.

Credibility is the bread and butter of a travel guide; why would one sabotage it with such naked self-interest?

Madam President, after that intervention inspired by naked self-interest, may I come back to more important matters of the day.

One article stated that "Mr Harper's move looks like naked self-interest."

This "naked self-interest" seems to contradict the idea of "masking" in bourgeois society.

Opponents call that a smoke screen for naked self-interest by liquor wholesalers.

Lonrho itself is authority for the view that pursuit of naked self-interest by criminal means can never amount to conspiracy.