scandal : Idioms & Phrases

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teapot dome scandal

  • noun a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
    Teapot Dome.
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watergate scandal

  • noun a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
    Watergate.
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