English Explanatory Dictionary

Lobbygate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A political scandal of 1998 in which lobbyists Derek Draper and Jonathan Mendelsohn were secretly recorded boasting that they could sell access to government ministers and create tax breaks for their clients.

Word forms

Lobbygate

Etymology

From lobby + -gate.

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