fortune hunting

noun

The act of seeking wealth without working to earn it, especially in an unscrupulous way such as through marriage.

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Meanings

nounfortune hunting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of seeking wealth without working to earn it, especially in an unscrupulous way such as through marriage.
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    No doubt the fellow was very useful to her. But you could have knocked us all down with a feather when, three months ago, she suddenly announced that she and Alfred were engaged! The fellow must be at least twenty years younger than she is! It’s simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she’s married him.

    1920 October, Agatha Christie, “I Go to Styles”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.; London: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 12
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