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carpetbagger
This dismissive term is applied to politicians running for office in states or communities where they have only lived for a short time. Hillary Clinton, for example, was called a carpetbagger when she ran for Senate in New York because she had grown up in Chicago and lived much of her adult life in Arkansas and Washington DC.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Government
- Category: U.S. election
- Company: BBC
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