CARPETBAGGER


Meaning of CARPETBAGGER in English

(MONEY) [noun] [C] [UK] [disapproving] - someone who invests in a financial organisation that is owned by its members in order to make a profit if it is soldThousands of carpetbaggers have invested in the building society, hoping that it will become a public company.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.