"Troopergate" meaning in English

See Troopergate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From trooper + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trooper|gate}} trooper + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Troopergate
  1. A 1994 controversy around allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Troopergate-en-name-kKjNvzHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 34 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 32 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 28
  2. A 2007 controversy involving New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly ordered the state police to create special records of senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Troopergate-en-name-zkf2kSm5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gate, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of American English: 21 49 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 34 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 31 43 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 32 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 28
  3. A 2008 controversy around allegations that Alaska governor and presidential nominee Sarah Palin fired the state's public safety commissioner for not cooperating with her demand that he dismiss her former brother-in-law, a state trooper. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Troopergate-en-name-9WFxzoim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 34 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 32 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 28
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