All carpetbaggers synonyms
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- carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
- ingrate — an ungrateful person.
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- go-getter — an enterprising, aggressive person.
- timeserver — a person who shapes his or her conduct to conform to the opinions of the time or of persons in power, especially for selfish ends.
- trimmer — the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.