Answer: carpetbag

AnswerCrossword Clue
CARPETBAGExploit
CARPETBAGSymbol of political adventurers of the Reconstruction.
CARPETBAGSymbol of 1865 et seq.
CARPETBAGPost Civil War gear.
CARPETBAG1865 symbol.
carpetbaga travelling-bag made of carpeting / to engage in political chicanery
carpetbagA traveling bag of a kind originally made of carpeting or carpetlike material