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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions a two-faced chancer, he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use

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as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend

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“Chancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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