opportunistic
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- s taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
- The issue facing South Asian students is far larger than a few isolated and possibly opportunistic attacks, says Unni, the Sydney coordinator of the Federation of Indian .
- A few flourish on cottage industries, that early stage of every economy; some are the opportunistic agents of the colonial companies that formerly ruled them.
- Roving crowds, described by police as a mixture of the hungry, the criminal and the opportunistic, overwhelmed poorly prepared local police.