arrivistes

Hence, the Arabs are "arrivistes," have no legitimate claim to be refugees.

The Grift that Keeps on Giving: Bibi's 'Innocent' Gift to Obama 2009

He has also had to contend with the superior spending power of the multi-billionaire-backed arrivistes, Chelsea and Manchester City.

Arsène Wenger: the blinkered visionary | Observer profile 2011

With the sort of serendipity that blesses sport occasionally, Roland Garros confirmed their intention to keep the French Open on the site it has occupied since 1928 just as the arrivistes of the game were limbering up to destroy the old order on court.

Rafael Nadal remains relaxed despite challenge of Novak Djokovic 2011

It only heightened the drama that Sunday's do-or-die special came against the Texans, those in-state arrivistes who had the temerity to hopscotch out to a 2-0 start.

In Dallas, Stars Are Again Aligned Jason Gay 2010

This grandiose elegy offers choice pleasure to readers who care to eavesdrop on the table- and pillow-talk among an impressive cast of aristocrats local and foreign, philosophes, English expatriates, and quick-witted American arrivistes.

Why They All Came to Versailles Frederic Raphael 2011

There might yet be a couple of gate-crashers, but those arrivistes who tried to storm the top table on the first two days – Messrs Russell, Chardy, Kukushkin and Gimeno-Traver – were politely bundled into the alleyway.

Novak Djokovic begins Wimbledon campaign with win over Jérémy Chardy 2011

It implied that football had an established and rigidly enforced hierarchy almost akin to an aristocracy, within which arrivistes such as Barton should know their place, and not have the temerity to proffer opinions about their eternal betters.

Joey Barton and Craig Bellamy: farewell bad boys but not antiheroes | Marina Hyde 2012

This expatriate American artist (1856-1925) will always be remembered for his portraits, which charmed and flattered Gilded Age arrivistes on both sides of the ocean.

Edwardiana in the News | Edwardian Promenade 2009

Higher education is so very important, at the very least to save oneself from the predations of arrivistes and scoundrels prattling their platitudes while picking your pocket.

Think Progress » Palin Tells Constitution-Loving Tea Partiers: We Don’t Need A President Who Is A ‘Constitutional Law Professor’ 2010

Roger Federer, without a major to his name since February 2010, is doomed to suffer by comparison with only one player: himself, the Federer who owns 67 career titles, 16 of them in grand slam championships, but who, having just turned 30 and surrounded now by arrivistes, may not win another that matters.

Andy Murray shows lean and mean side in beating David Nalbandian 2011