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carpetbag

ADJECTIVE
  1. presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
    a capetbag politician
    a carpetbag stranger
  2. following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
    a carpetbag government
    carpetbag adventurers
NOUN
  1. traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century

How To Use carpetbag In A Sentence

  • Recruit rich white republicunts (carpetbaggers) to swoop in and scoop-up "devalued" (seized from still-exiled owners) properties and change the entire complexion (race, income, politics, everyfuckingthing) of the ENTIRE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. Your Right Hand Thief
  • This nation was founded on glorious greed, boundless carpetbaggery, corrupt cartels and an oligarchy of rich men whose "countrymen" were other rich men. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • But the whiff of being a "carpetbagger" - an insulting term for candidates with no local connections who are parachuted into winnable seats - persists. BBC News - Home
  • McCain responded to a voter making the charge of "carpetbagging" saying, Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Serious carpetbaggers with money to invest long-term may decide that they can play the waiting game.
  • The recent fight with carpetbaggers cost policyholders several million pounds.
  • I can assure you that none of my carpetbags have mothballs in them.
  • Taking the hatbox and carpetbag, she went back on the trail, a receding frail figure in a burgundy dress. Locust Valley Breakdown
  • However, the "carpetbagging" issue is now a non-issue, as both Essel and Krekorian lived outside the district at the start of the campaign. Archive 2009-10-01
  • a carpetbag stranger
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