disapproval If you describe someone's behaviour as opportunistic, you are critical of them because they take advantage of situations in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong. Many of the party's members joined only for opportunistic reasons. + opportunistically op·por·tun·is·ti·cal·ly This nationalist feeling has been exploited opportunistically by several important politicians
An organism capable of causing disease only in a host whose resistance is lowered--usually by other diseases or by drugs
Investment strategy that seeks to profit from pricing discrepancies resulting from corporate "event" transactions, such as mergers & acquisitions, spinoffs, price fluctuations, imbalances, bankruptcies, or recapitalizations Also known as "event driven " These funds are usually aggressive and they seek to make money in the most efficient way at the given time
adj Being or caused by a usually harmless microorganism that can become pathogenic when the host’s resistance is impaired
taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit