aggrandizers
/əˈɡrænˌdaɪzərz/
noun
- People who increase their power, wealth, or importance, often in an unfair or exaggerated way.
- The company's leaders were aggrandizers who cared only about their own bonuses.
- History books are full of aggrandizers who built empires through conquest and deception.
- The local politician was known as one of the worst aggrandizers, always taking credit for others' work.