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   scandal

   /ˈskandl/

   noun

   • 1. an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage: "a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters" Similar outrageous wrongdoingoutrageous behaviourimmoral behaviourunethical behaviourdiscreditable behaviourshocking incident/series of eventsimproprietymisconductwrongdoingoffencetransgressioncrimesinskeleton in the cupboardskeleton in the closetinformal:businessaffair-gate
   • ▪ the outrage or anger caused by a scandalous action or event: "divorce was cause for scandal in the island" Similar shamedishonourdisgracedisreputediscreditinfamyignominyembarrassmentodiumopprobriumcensureobloquystigma
   • ▪ rumour or malicious gossip about scandalous events or actions: "I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name" Similar malicious gossipmalicious rumour (s)slanderlibelscandalmongeringcalumnydefamationaspersionsmuckrakingsmear campaigninformal:dirt
   • ▪ a state of affairs regarded as wrong or reprehensible and causing general public outrage or anger: "it's a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable" Similar disgraceoutrageinjusticeshamepitycrying shameaffrontinsultreproach

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘discredit to religion (by the reprehensible behaviour of a religious person)’): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.

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