noun
definition
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
Examples of opportunists in a Sentence
At the congress of St-Etienne the difference developed into separation, those who refused all compromise with a capitalist government following Guesde, while the opportunists formed several groups.
After the war of 1870-71 he took a leading place among; the most radical section of French politicians, as an opponent of the " opportunists " who continued the policy of Gambetta..
This witch-hunt was a service to every force resisting such a break; to trade union bureaucrats, labor aristocrats and opportunists generally.
It, too, has had its share of rubbish pedaled by insincere opportunists and deluded fools.
From all sides opportunists, religious sectarians and racists have jumped in to exploit the situation.
You must distinguish the crooks, opportunists and lechers involved in religious Taoism from the Taoist sages.
The Castle passed through the hands of various opportunists who attempted to charge the public for haunted tours.
The model asks potential business opportunists to picture themselves standing in aisle 18 waiting to check out when another shopper approaches and says something along the lines of, "You must not know the secret of aisle 19.
While he had given them permission to speak to her, he found opportunists distasteful, however loyal they were.