CARPETBAGGERS
- CARPETBAGGER, a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments [n]
- A person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist
- A political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
- (in the US) A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
- CARPETBAGGER [n]