Definition of opportunist
: one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism a slick, shady, amoral opportunist who has only one desire: to get through life without a day of labor — Allan Ulrich Most burglars are opportunists.
opportunist
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Examples of opportunist in a Sentence
a political opportunist who changed his health-care plan to win the election
ever the opportunist, she immediately set about becoming the incoming administrator's new best friend
Recent Examples of opportunist from the Web
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Rather, Blazer was a shrewd businessman, a brash opportunist and a visionary—in the literal sense of the word—who first got to know soccer, along with millions of American parents, through his kids.
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Was Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr., an agent of the Kremlin, or an opportunist shilling for a client?
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Meanwhile, opportunists have also popped up who are purporting to offer a means for AlphaBay users to get into the site, but whose real purpose is to steal information about the user:
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Sometimes the opportunist hacker will access Smart TVs and wireless home electronics to silently spy on homeowners when the default password for the device isn’t changed.
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Opportunist hackers are amateurs and professionals who spend hours a day running random scams on the Internet looking for unprotected home computers.
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To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
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The opportunists sold the works for €350,000 to alleged Italian mobster Raffaele Imperiale.
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He was targeted and falsely accused by opportunists.
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First Known Use of opportunist
1873
OPPORTUNIST Defined for English Language Learners
opportunist
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: someone who tries to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation without thinking about what is fair or right
Medical Dictionary
opportunist
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: an opportunistic microorganism
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