SCANDAL

[noun] - (an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapprovala financial/political/sex scandal [C]Nothing sells a newspaper quite like a nice juicy scandal (= one that is unusually shocking and often sexual). [C]The minister was forced to resign after a scandal involving him and another minister's wife. [C]The company is implicated in the growing scandal surrounding the collapse of the bank. [C]She was at the centre of a public scandal last year. [C]If there is the slightest suggestion/hint of scandal, the public will no longer trust us. [U]Their affair caused/created a scandal in the office. [C]The government has done its best to cover up/hush up the scandal. [C]One of the newspapers uncovered/exposed the scandal. [C]The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Conservative Party Conference. [C]Scandal is reports about actions or events that cause shock and disapproval.Some magazines contain nothing but scandal and gossip.Who's been spreading scandal about me?(humorous) What's the latest scandal then? (= What's the most recent news about people's personal lives?)A scandal is also a situation that is shockingly bad.It's a scandal that in such a rich country there are so many beggars on the streets. [C + that clause]The way they treat their children is a scandal. [C]