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 • Jan. 16, 2023

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 • Sep. 9, 2019

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Original owner John McConnell was a fortune hunter, and the Double Eagle was a rare doubloon discovered in a sunken treasure.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 4, 2017

Why had Quinzy gone to so much trouble to bring this fortune hunter and his ostrich to Ashton Place?

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood