Usually means: Moving to exploit political opportunities.
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  1. carpetbagging: Merriam-Webster
  2. carpetbagging: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. carpetbagging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. carpetbagging: Vocabulary.com
  5. carpetbagging: Wordnik
  6. carpetbagging: Wiktionary
  7. carpetbagging: Dictionary.com
  8. Carpetbagging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. carpetbagging: FreeDictionary.org
  10. carpetbagging: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. carpetbagging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. carpetbagging: Encyclopedia

(Note: See carpetbag as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carpetbag)

noun:  A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb:  (chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
adjective:  (chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
▸ Also see carpetbag


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