Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality;
- Example: "a carpetbag stranger"- Example: "a capetbag politician"[syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carpetbagging
adj 1: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new
locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
[syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging]