carpetbagger
noun /ˈkɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)/
/ˈkɑːrpɪtbæɡər/
- (disapproving) a politician who tries to be elected in an area where he or she is not known and is therefore not welcome
(在知名度不高的地区参加竞选因而不受当地欢迎的)外来政客 - a person from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War in order to make money or get political power
(美国内战后去南方)投机钻营的北方人
词源mid 19th cent.: originally applied to people from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.