carpetbagger:
(plural: ‘carpetbaggers‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘car’ rhyme with the word “car” and the letters ‘g’ and ‘g’ are said with a ‘g’ sound as in “gun” — ‘carpet … bagger’)
a carpetbagger (in the past)
(old usage – in USA) a person from the Northern states who went to the Southern states after the American Civil War to gain political power and/or money;
(the current usage in business) any outside person or company in an area that tries to do business and get profits, and a politician who tries to be elected to a position in a new locality or area (usually used in the negative sense),
a carpetbagger (in the present)
In the US history, the carpetbaggers of the past and the carpetbaggers of the present have been disliked by the locals for whatever reasons.
In every state of a country, whether it is in the US or elsewhere, there is always a fierce competition in business and politics between the locals and the carpetbaggers, and in the end, it is always the carpetbaggers who win!
Our party’s candidate for governor in the coming election is not a carpetbagger; though he stayed for some time in another state, Mr McMahon was born and educated in this state, and has a number of relatives still living in and around his home town.
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