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US
/ˈkɑɹpətˌbæɡɝ/
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[ UK /kˈɑːpɪtbˌæɡɐ/ ]
[ UK /kˈɑːpɪtbˌæɡɐ/ ]
NOUN
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an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
How To Use carpetbagger 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
- 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.
- He looked to some like a carpetbagger who knew nothing about the constituency - and he was not a Catholic, as many in the local party are.
- One issue that no one talked about was that the rightie was a carpetbagger as well as a tea bag*er. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- But as an unknown to many of his would be constituents, he was branded a carpetbagger and a wealthy outsider.
- The bad news for carpetbaggers is that Liverpool Victoria changed its membership criteria in June.
- ‘The paper did itself a lot of damage when it lined up behind the carpetbaggers who were trying to demutualise the building society,’ says one financier, anxious not to be named.