Definition of carpetbagger

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  • carpetbagger is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 20
  • carpetbagger is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 20
  • carpetbagger is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 25

Definition of carpetbagger

  • an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously (noun)

    Examples

    1. after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south

See definition of carpetbagger in Merriam Webster