Meaning of Spygate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
2. The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy.
3. A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
   US, neologism

Examples

“Then-Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who died in 2012, sought to launch a separate investigation into the Spygate scandal.”

“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.”

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