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Meaning of Fingergate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A 2015 controversy around a video, later found to be doctored, allegedly showing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis making an obscene hand gesture to punctuate his comments about the financial relationship of Greece and Germany during a lecture in Croatia in 2013.

informal

Examples

“Asked to comment on this latest turn in the unfolding “Fingergate” scandal, which has focused populist rage in Germany over the Greek debt on Greece’s new finance minister, Mr. Varoufakis told Reuters TV in Athens on Thursday that he had been vindicated.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fingerguard fingerhold fingerhole Fingering Fingerings fingerite

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