English Explanatory Dictionary

Cablegate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.

Pronunciation

/ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/

Word forms

Cablegate

Etymology

From cable (“telegram”) + -gate. First appeared on the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.

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