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]