English Explanatory Dictionary

Kazakhgate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A scandal of the 2000s involving American businessman James Giffen, who was accused of bribing high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.

Word forms

Kazakhgate

Etymology

From Kazakh + -gate.

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