"kompromat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kompromats [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). KGB slang from the Stalin era. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|компрома́т}} Russian компрома́т (kompromát) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kompromat (countable and uncountable, plural kompromats)
  1. Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt. Wikipedia link: kompromat Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Russian politics Categories (place): Soviet Union Translations (dirt, compromising material): кампрама́т (kampramát) [masculine] (Belarusian), компрома́т (kompromát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 黑材料 (hēicáiliào) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑料 (hēiliào) (Chinese Mandarin), kompromat [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Dutch), kompromaatti (Finnish), vahingoittava materiaali (Finnish), kompromat [masculine] (French), Kompromat [neuter] (German), kompromittierendes Material [neuter] (German), kompromittáló anyag (Hungarian), 콤프로마트 (kompeuromateu) (Korean), hak [masculine] (Polish), haki [masculine, plural] (Polish), kompromat [masculine] (Polish), компрома́т (kompromát) (Russian), kompromat (Swedish), компрома́т (kompromát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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