carpetbagger
noun/ˈkɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)/
/ˈkɑːrpɪtbæɡər/
- (disapproving) a politician who tries to be elected in an area where they are not known and therefore not welcome
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- a person from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War in order to make money or get political power
Word Originmid 19th cent.: originally applied to people from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
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