N-COUNT (到自以为会得势的地方参加竞选的)外来政客,提包客 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. (到自以为会得势的地方参加竞选的)外来政客,提包客 [US, disapproval]
He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.