English Explanatory Dictionary

Lochtegate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.

Word forms

Lochtegate

Etymology

From Lochte + -gate.

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