| scandal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dirt, malicious gossip, scandal | disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people. |
| ~ scuttlebutt, gossip, comment | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip" |
| n. (event) | 2. outrage, scandal | a disgraceful event. |
| ~ trouble | an event causing distress or pain.; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" |
| ~ skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton | a scandal that is kept secret.; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" |
| ~ teapot dome, teapot dome scandal | 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. |
| ~ watergate, watergate scandal | a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974. |
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