(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they make secret plans in order to get some benefit for themselves.
...office ~s who think of nothing but their own advancement.
N-COUNT disapproval
(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they make secret plans in order to get some benefit for themselves.
...office ~s who think of nothing but their own advancement.
N-COUNT disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012