gold digger

NOUN

opportunist

Synonyms

WEAK

bloodsucker exploiter forty-niner gold miner gold panner leech mineworker parasite sponge user

Example Sentences

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Or the time when she filed a trademark application for the term "gold digger".

From BBC

We appreciate the ability to protect assets from gold diggers but the amounts aren’t worthy of a “dynasty” trust.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ve never been a “gold digger” — in fact, I was supporting our lifestyle by paying for what he couldn’t afford.

From MarketWatch

"The game isn't trying to say that all women are gold diggers... I don't find it targeting either gender," says 31-year-old Zhuang Mengsheng, who used a pseudonym to speak to the BBC.

From BBC

Despite the duplex, Ferrari, Bentleys and various expensive baubles he has showered upon her, she seems too delusional and naive to be called a gold digger.

From Los Angeles Times