Carpetbagger

n.

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An adventurer; - a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865)<- used now for any politician moving to a new location to take advantage of more favorable chances for election->.

Noun

1.

carpetbagger - an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, con artist, con man, confidence man, crimp, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, mortgage shark, pettifogger, pitchman, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, slicker, spieler