fast-buck adj.
(US) greedy, ‘get rich quick’.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Sex, Vice & Business 95: [S]ometimes the fast-buck operator just picks up the money orders and the cash, and decamps . | |
| N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 50: The dealers were guilty of schlock, sleazy, bargain-basement, fast-buck advertising. | |
| Gonif 98: Kenneally was a fast-buck guy who had a reputation for hot loads. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Fixx 108: Fastbuck merchants from the City, publishers, the odd egghead sewer rat. | |
| Florida Roadkill 84: An untested, ungrateful [...] fast-buck shit-ass like minimum. | |
| Indep. Rev. 17 Apr. 4: The fast-buck sale of his space journal. |
In compounds
(US) anyone keen on (and successful in) making a great deal of money.
 | WINS Radio 23 Aug. [radio] Then the fast-buck artists had jumped in [HDAS]. | |
| (con. 1940s) High Times Hard Times 114: All the fast-buck artists had opened up, giving the place the worst characteristics of a boomtown. | |
| First Directive (1985) 30: We drove through an endless sea of new condominiums put up by fast-buck artists. | |
| Nike Culture 114: [...] the most egregiously offensive sports merchandising business in the world, presided over by a messianic fast-buck artist named Phil Knight. | |
| E-Mag. XIII:4 🌐 The International Year of Ecotourism is a time for reflection. Will your trip be arranged by a dedicated, conservation-minded tour operator, or a fast-buck artist who exploits the local community? |