opportunist
a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
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How to use opportunist in a sentence
During the three-week trial, Maxwell’s attorneys painted the four accusers as money-hungry opportunists, saying they changed their Epstein abuse stories to include Maxwell only when there was a chance to cash in.
At closing arguments, Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed as both abuser and wrongly targeted victim | Shayna Jacobs | December 20, 2021 | Washington PostPolitical opportunists will use this case for race-baiting and fear-mongering to advance their own political agendas.
I mean, some are opportunists and some of them are really creating the problem wholesale.
How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Ep. 478) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 14, 2021 | FreakonomicsThey’re opportunists who claim to have found straightforward solutions to incredibly complicated problems and then sell those solutions to vulnerable people.
For those who are simply opportunists or who actually believe the unfounded conspiracy theories, it’s a no-brainer.
Kardashian, ever the opportunist, no doubt surveyed the gluteus landscape and wanted in on the cultural “conversation.”
Kim Kardashian Bares Her Shiny, Bounteous Butt, Breaks the Internet | Marlow Stern | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo is Sam Lutfi a legitimate manager or just a nasty opportunist?
Sam Lutfi Is Young Hollywood’s Most Infamous Svengali | Amy Zimmerman | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEver the shape-shifter and opportunist, he ended his career as a high official in the very empire he had once helped defeat.
‘300’ Is a Misleading, Muscle-Bound Travesty of Ancient History | James Romm | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause, above all things he is the consummate ambitious opportunist.
Hamad is the consummate survivor-opportunist, having built an empire out of blowing sand and natural gas, Allah and ambition.
It has often and in many cases occurred to me to wonder at the mistakes men make;Was Aristaenus a traitor or a wise opportunist?
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | PolybiusMontezuma was therefore an opportunist, like Cortes, but there was a vast difference between them.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyAlthough this presupposes a continuous struggle, it is not a revolutionary but an "opportunist" struggle.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanHe was a master of statecraft and an opportunist in politics.
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2) | George Cary EgglestonThe King was the opportunist, Olof the idealist, and Gert the "impossibilist."
Plays--First Series | August Strindberg
British Dictionary definitions for opportunist
/ (ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst) /
a person who adapts his actions, responses, etc, to take advantage of opportunities, circumstances, etc
taking advantage of opportunities and circumstances in this way
Derived forms of opportunist
- opportunism, noun
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