Carpetbagger (Noun)
Meaning
An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The politician was labeled a carpetbagger by locals who felt she had no genuine connection to the community she sought to represent.
- During the Reconstruction Era, many carpetbaggers from the North moved to the South to capitalize on the region's economic and social upheaval.
- The company's new CEO was seen as a carpetbagger by longtime employees who resented his attempts to impose his own vision on the organization.
- The wealthy investor was accused of being a carpetbagger after he bought a controlling stake in the local newspaper and began making sweeping changes.
- In the aftermath of the natural disaster, several carpetbaggers descended upon the affected area, seeking to profit from the relief efforts.