carpetbagger
1. [ noun ] an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
Examples:

"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

Related terms: opportunist
Similar spelling:   carpetbag
  carpet_beater
  carpet_snake
  carpeting
  carpet_shark
  carpet_bug
  carpet_moth
  carpet_bomb
  carpet_grass