Spygate en · PROPN
Etymology
From spy + -gate.
Meanings
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The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
Then-Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who died in 2012, sought to launch a separate investigation into the Spygate scandal.
2021 May 26, Ryan Gaydos, “Trump, Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of trying to influence late senator's Spygate probe: report”, in Fox News:
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The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy.
The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, motor sport's governing body, has fined McLaren -- the team at the center of the "spygate" scandal -- $100m and stripped it of its constructors' championship points for the season. And McLaren faces further penalties when the WMSC reconvenes in December 2007.
2007 September 11, James Snodgrass, “F1 'Spygate': $100m fine for McLaren”, in CNN:
- (US, neologism) A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
- The Southampton F.C. espionage incident in 2026