carpetbagger (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
examples after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
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Hypernym opportunist, self-seeker
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Pertainym (pertains to noun) carpetbag → carpetbagger
Hyponym opportunist, self-seeker

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