Carpetbaggers

car;pet;bag;ger pronunciation: function: noun etymology: from their carrying all their belongings in carpetbagsdate: 1868 1 : a northerner in the south after the american civil war usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments2 : outsider; especially : a nonresident or new resident who seeks private gain from an area often by meddling in its business or politics— car;pet;bag;gery noun

Cancer

can;cer pronunciation: function: noun etymology: middle english, from latin (genitive cancri), literally, crab; akin to greek karkinos crab, cancerdate: 14th century 1 capitalized a : a northern zodiacal constellation between gemini and leo b (1) : the fourth sign of the zodiac in astrology — see zodiac table (2) : one born under the sign of cancer2 [latin, crab, cancer] a : a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis b : an abnormal bodily state marked by such tumors3 : something evil or malignant that spreads destructively lt;the cancer of hidden resentment — irish digestgt;4 a : an enlarged tumorlike plant growth (as that of crown gall) b : a plant disease marked by such growths— can;cer;ous adjective — can;cer;ous;ly adverb