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The catalyst for the scandal was a report on Radio 4's Today programme by the journalist Andrew Gilligan, who had met Dr Kelly to discuss Alastair Campbell's role in the dossier.

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  1. noun A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society: a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.
  2. noun A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage: a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.
  3. noun Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.
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  • Or would everyone be waiting for a betrothal announcement to be made before either party to the scandal could be accepted back fully into the fold? —  SLIGHTLY TEMPTED
  • New Delhi: The latest victim of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 's missing cash scandal is National treasurer Ramdas Agarwal. —  Google News India - Top Stories
  • Neither Obama nor his advisers have been implicated in Blagojevich's alleged scheme, but the scandal has been a political distraction. —  Hispanic Business Magazine
  • Although the scandal is also being investigated by local police and the Indian Serious Fraud Office some are calling for a larger, wider probe because of suspicions that politicians are linked to the fraud. agreed on Monday to change the rules on how prices are set for acquistions and takeovers - the regulator made the change at the request of Satyam. —  Channel Register
  • The catalyst for the scandal was a report on Radio 4's Today programme by the journalist Andrew Gilligan, who had met Dr Kelly to discuss Alastair Campbell's role in the dossier. —  Free Democracy
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abuse ·  disaster ·  outrage ·  gossip ·  crime ·  annoyance ·  injustice ·  disgrace ·  tragedy ·  disappointment ·  calamity ·  suspicion

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scandal:   scandals
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  1. French scandale, from Old French, cause of sin, from Latin scandalum, trap, stumbling block, temptation, from Greek skandalon; see skand- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also scandall; from Middle English scandal, scandle (= Dutch schandaal = G. Swedish skandal = Danish skandale), from Old French scandale, scandalle, scandele, also escandle, French scandale = Provencal escandol = Spanish escándalo = Portuguese escandalo = Italian scandalo, a scandal, offense, from Late Latin scandalum, a stumbling-block, an inducement to sin, a temptation, from Greek σκάνδαλον (in LXX. and N. T.), a snare laid for an enemy, a trap or stumbling-block, also scandal, offense, in classical Greek only in the form σκανδάληθρον, orig. the spring of a trap, the stick which sprang up when the trap was shut, and on which the bait was placed; prob. from ✓ *skand = Latin scandere = Sanskrit ✓ skand, climb, spring up: see scan. From the same source is derived English slander, a doublet of scandal.
  2. from Old French scandaler, escandaler, from scandale, scandal: see scandal, n.
 

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