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Someone who stays near a person or group mainly to obtain personal benefit.

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hanger-on

The fictional celebrity could rarely distinguish a genuine friend from a hanger-on.
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Another visitor acted as a hanger-on, staying beside the best-connected members mainly to receive invitations to private events.
From Reputation in the Design Collective.
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