Bananagate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.

Word forms

Bananagate

Etymology

From banana + -gate.

Related words

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