カーペットバッガー

noun

carpetbagger

Historical term for opportunistic Northerners who moved to the South after the US Civil War, often carrying luggage made of carpet material. In modern Japanese, it can also refer to any opportunistic outsider in politics or business.

• 南なん北ぼく戦せん争そう後ご、カーペットバッガーと呼よばれる北ほく部ぶ出しゅっ身しん者しゃが南なん部ぶに移い住じゅうした。

  After the Civil War, Northerners called carpetbaggers moved to the South.

• 彼かれは地じ元もとの事じ情じょうを知しらないカーペットバッガーだと批ひ判はんされた。

  He was criticized as a carpetbagger who doesn't understand local affairs.