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carpetbagger

noun

an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously

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Word length
12
Starts with
C
Ends with
R
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
20
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously

    “after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south”

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