Cablegate
US/ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/
Cablegate proper noun: the leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.
Proper noun
Cablegate
- The leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.
- Distilled to its essence, it is by no means clear that the ‘Cablegate’ disclosures were intended to support freedom of information, transparency, probity in government, or defence of the public interest.2013, Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 464
Cablegate meaning in Tamil
Cablegate in Tamil
- அமெரிக்க தூதரக ஆவணக் கசிவுகள்
Origin of Cablegate
From cable (“telegram”) + -gate. First appeared on the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.
Questions about Cablegate
- What does Cablegate mean?
- Cablegate means the leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.
- What is Cablegate in Tamil?
- Cablegate in Tamil is அமெரிக்க தூதரக ஆவணக் கசிவுகள். See Cablegate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Cablegate?
- Cablegate is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cablegate?
- Cablegate is pronounced /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cablegate (page history and authors); cablegate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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