fortune-hunting
- a word derived from fortune hunter.
- a word derived from fortune-hunter.
Example Sentences
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But Couture and Zito’s fortune-hunting brutes theorize that rumors of a “White Witch” may be just a smokescreen, meant to obscure an ancient fortune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2018
The entire summer's games lineup feels unusually robust, from Splatoon 2's eSports-angled, ink-splashed madness or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy's fortune-hunting antics, to Pyre's curious action-roleplaying inversions and Tacoma's evocative exploration-driven enticements.
From Time ● Jun. 23, 2017
Don’t Starve developer Klei Entertainment returns with a cartoon-style role-playing adventure in which players form parties of outlandish heroes to engage in fortune-hunting and turn-based combat.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017
“A handsome young woman having a snug fortune,” as Hamilton described her, Rachel soon attracted the attentions of a debauched fortune-hunting Dane named Johann Michael Lavien, at least a dozen years her senior.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2017
He need not be a rich man, for she had enough for both, yet if a poor man presented himself, she would certainly put him in the fortune-hunting class.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
