carpetbaggery


car·pet·bag·ger

C0124200 (kär′pĭt-băg′ər)n.1. A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.2. An outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.
[So called because they carried their belongings in carpetbags.]
car′pet·bag′ger·y n.

carpetbaggery

(ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡərɪ) nthe practice of being a carpetbagger