A person who works to build a close, trusting relationship with another person, then takes everything they can from the new friend.

Once the "buddy" catches on, the buddy hustler simply moves on to someone else -- preferrably someone not known by the previous victim.

A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.