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Word: Scandal
Speech Type: Noun
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’
ˈskandl
an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage
Short Definition:action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong
Examples:- a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters
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