fortune hunter

Example Sentences

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She called the matter a “horrific and vulgar fraud” perpetrated by a fortune hunter.

From Washington Post

On his tail are fortune hunters with rifles.

From Los Angeles Times

Fenn’s doggerel had seven times seven types of ambiguity, enough to keep an estimated 100,000 fortune hunters poring over it for a decade.

From Washington Post

He was looked upon with suspicion by some in the court, as something of an adventurer, as perhaps a fortune hunter.

From BBC

The waste they leave behind draws the informal fortune hunters known locally as “yay ma hsay”, or “the unwashed”.

From Reuters