noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an unethical opportunist
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As the finance company started to fail a few opportunists managed to make more money out of it.
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It is difficult to tell whether he really wants to help May or whether he is just an opportunist .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some of the crime is committed by opportunists who wander into students rooms and take cash and credit cards.
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The opportunist was told what he deserved to know: nothing.
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The opportunist , too, deserved applause.
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The herring gulls are local resident birds, and great opportunists, able to change their feeding habits to whatever is available.
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The ships have gone and so has the Black Rat, but the opportunist Brown Rat remains a threat ashore.
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The woman I had spoken with was directly responsible for deciding what the opportunist was paid.
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There are basically two types of thief: the opportunist and the pro.