Opportunism refers to taking advantage of situations and opportunities for personal gain, often without regard for principles or ethics. Full definition
«It seems the NPP has forgotten its past and because of opportunism of trying to win political power, you [NPP] just come and make criticisms,» he added. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
Elizabeth May today denounced the Prime Minister's decision to approve the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project as «political opportunism of the worst kind. (elizabethmaymp.ca)
So too did Sir George Young, the Leader of the Commons, who summed up the debate with a fierce tirade against Labour's political opportunism on the Hunt / Leveson affair. (conservativehome.blogs.com)