Definition carpetbagger in British English

carpetbagger noun

[countable] noun

/ˈkɑː(r)pɪtˌbæɡə(r)/

someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there

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backbencher carpetbagger congressman

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someone from the North of the US who went to the South to get political or financial advantages after the Civil War

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Allied the Allies antebellum

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