fortune hunter

Example Sentences

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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

Leave aside the inconvenient fact that bats do not actually build nests - this has not prevented fortune hunters from disturbing habitats to look for it.

From BBC

He was freed from the misery of that boarding school only when Sarah, having been bilked by a fortune hunter, went broke and had to withdraw him.

From The New Yorker

A fortune hunter charms a doctor’s plain daughter in 19th-century New York.

From Los Angeles Times