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Значения термина parachute candidate на английском

испанский
paracaidista
каталонский
candidat paracaigudista

Pejorative term for an election candidate who does not live in and has little connection to the area they are running to represent.

paracaidista
Синонимы
Examples for "carpetbagger"
Examples for "carpetbagger"
1
She said it bitterly over and over, 'Peters Brown, the carpetbagger-andI love him!'
Andrew the Glad
2
Keyes was the most blatant sort of carpetbagger, a vagabond Quixote of the conservative movement.
The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
3
The carpetbagger had found that he could control the negro without the help of the scalawag.
The Sequel of Appomattox: A Chronicle of the Reunion of the Stat...
4
There's one of us ought to be in the Cabinet-oneof us, I say, not a carpetbagger!
A People's Man
5
Teachout, a law professor, has strong support from senator Bernie Sanders, but her opponent says she's a carpetbagger.
The Guardian
Translations for parachute candidate
каталонский
candidat paracaigudista