engelska-finska översättning av carpetbagger

An immigrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence
One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain

Though he lived and worked in Los Angeles for sixteen years, the candidate for Attorney General is no carpetbagger; he was born and raised in this state and graduated from the state university
Hes just a carpetbagger who was surprised to find that Southerns are not like the cast of “The Dukes of Hazzard” or “Deliverance”

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