Carpetbagging

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  • adjective. Of or relating to carpetbaggers or their practices.
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  • verb. Present participle of carpetbag.
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  • adjective. presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
  • Word Usage
    "In 1964, when he was a young liberal Democrat at Manhattan College, Giuliani wrote an article for the student paper calling the carpetbagging charges against Robert F. Kennedy "ridiculous.""
    Equivalent
    expedient