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