Phrases with «carpet bagger»

The phrase "carpet bagger" refers to a person who moves to a different place to take advantage of new opportunities, especially for their own personal gain. It originally referred to people from the northern states of the United States who went to the southern states after the American Civil War to profit from the chaos and hardships there. Nowadays, it is used more broadly to describe anyone who exploits a situation for personal benefit, often without consideration for the local community. Full definition

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Sentences with «carpet bagger»

Every time that I hear of Wall Street carpet baggers describing themselves as risk - taking job creators, I feel bile rising up. (boss.blogs.nytimes.com)
As first heard on Queens - Politics, long - shot carpet bagger Paul Graziano opened up his wallet for Sunny Hahn who is running against Peter Koo, a beloved figure in North Queens. (queens-politics.com)
We New Yorkers much prefer our «leaders» to be money laundering whore mongers (like Elliot Spitzer), unqualified carpet baggers that do the bidding of Wal - Mart (like Hillary Clinton) or the midwives of financial catastrophe (Andrew Cuomo.) (nystateofpolitics.com)
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Phrases with «carpet bagger»

Sentences with «carpet bagger»

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