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carpetbagging::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | carpetbag |
Examples of carpetbagging
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Alan Keyes was a carpetbagging clown, but at least there was only one of him.
From the suntimes.com
Forget the carpetbagging, forget the years of lying, forget the ruthless opportunism.
From the time.com
This is but a heroic attempt to resurrect carpetbagging at the expense of the tax payers.
From the guardian.co.uk
A four-man infield that stuck together for eight years at the start of the era of carpetbagging athletes.
From the dailynews.com
He's now a traitor to some Cardinal supporters, and he's still a carpetbagging enemy to other Golden Bears.
From the kansas.com
In fact, carpetbagging isn't anything new for the McGee clan.
From the jsonline.com
The people are a sufficient safeguard against carpetbagging.
From the economist.com
Now, Connerly has taken his carpetbagging act to Michigan.
From the usatoday.com
Carpetbagging questions aside, the race could be a classic.
From the sacbee.com
- Carpetbag: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
- (carpetbagger) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
- In United States history, "carpetbaggers" was a negative term Southerners gave to Northerners (also referred to as Yankees) who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877. It was a derogatory term, suggesting opportunism and exploitation by the outsiders. ...
- (The Carpetbaggers) The Carpetbaggers is the title of a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title.
- (carpetbagger) A candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence; One of several Northern politicians who migrated to the South during Reconstruction and held public office; a Northerner with no Southern ties who migrates to the South for work; One who ...
- (Carpetbagger) American term dating from the immediate post civil war years 1865-75. They were agents of Northern businesses and solo confidence men (lackeys in their own land, evidenced by their lack of even a proper suitcase, instead carrying a bag made of carpet) who rode the charisma of ...
- (Carpetbagger) Someone who buys into a given building society's accounts hoping to benefit from a demutualisation in the future.
- (Carpetbagger) This dismissive term is applied to politicians running for office in states or communities where they have only lived for a short time. ...
- (Carpetbaggers) a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
