carpetbagging | Amarkosh

Meaning of word carpetbagging from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality.

Example : A carpetbag stranger.
A capetbag politician.

Synonyms : carpetbag

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Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.

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Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

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An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

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A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor.

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A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

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Of the remaining member of a pair.

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In an inverse or contrary manner.

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The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number.

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Any place of pain and turmoil.