fortune hunter

Example Sentences

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Fenn’s doggerel had seven times seven types of ambiguity, enough to keep an estimated 100,000 fortune hunters poring over it for a decade.

From Washington Post

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

A fake heiress keeps fortune hunters at bay with a false marriage to a poor newsman.

From Los Angeles Times

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