scandal-ridden love

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  • adjective dominated or plagued by scandals.

Etymologies

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scandal +‎ -ridden

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Examples

  • Olympus Corp.'s ousted chief executive said he's launching an effort to retake the reins of the company at the head of a new management team, signaling the start of what could be a messy fight with current management over the future of the scandal-ridden Japanese camera maker.

    Ex-Olympus Chief Says He Wants to Lead New Management Andrew Dowell 2011

  • At that pace, this decade would be the most scandal-ridden of all time, surpassing the 1980s, when illicit payments to players by school supporters known as "boosters" were legion.

    Scandals Spread With Changes in College Sports Darren Everson 2011

  • LOS ANGELES mdash; The two top officials in the scandal-ridden California city of Bell illegally paid themselves hugely inflated salaries and created a paper trail...

    Former Police Chief: 'I Am Looking Forward To...Taking All Of Bell's Money' AP 2011

  • The scandal-ridden firm reiterated that it plans to report earnings Wednesday to avoid a delisting.

    What's News 2011

  • LOS ANGELES — The two top officials in the scandal-ridden California city of Bell illegally paid themselves hugely inflated salaries and created a paper trail to hide their actions while joking that they were acting like pigs, according to a document filed in court Monday by the district attorney's office.

    Former Police Chief: 'I Am Looking Forward To...Taking All Of Bell's Money' AP 2011

  • Reforming Olympus's corporate governance will be a key issue in the coming weeks as the scandal-ridden company gears up for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting as early as March—and a possible battle there over who should lead the company through the reform.

    Olympus Hotline Didn't Blow Whistle Juro Osawa 2012

  • LOS ANGELES — The two top officials in the scandal-ridden California city of Bell illegally paid themselves hugely inflated salaries and created a paper trail to hide their actions while joking that they were acting like pigs, according to a document filed in court Monday by the district attorney's office.

    Former Police Chief: 'I Am Looking Forward To...Taking All Of Bell's Money' AP 2011

  • Sanford's blood and denouncing all the other scandal-ridden Repugs.

    Palin back at crucial campaign stop 2009

  • LOS ANGELES mdash; The two top officials in the scandal-ridden California city of Bell illegally paid themselves hugely inflated salaries and created a paper trail...

    Former Police Chief: 'I Am Looking Forward To...Taking All Of Bell's Money' AP 2011

  • BEIJING—China's scandal-ridden professional football league gained its biggest international star on Monday when it was announced that Nicolas Anelka, the Chelsea and former French national striker, would join the Chinese Super League team, Shanghai Shenhua.

    Chelsea Player Joins Chinese Pro Team Jeremy Page 2011

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