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Kazakhgate

Kazakhgate proper noun: a scandal of the 2000s involving American businessman James Giffen, who was accused of bribing high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.

Proper noun

Kazakhgate

  1. (informal) A scandal of the 2000s involving American businessman James Giffen, who was accused of bribing high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.

Origin of Kazakhgate

From Kazakh + -gate.

Questions about Kazakhgate

What does Kazakhgate mean?
Kazakhgate means a scandal of the 2000s involving American businessman James Giffen, who was accused of bribing high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.
What part of speech is Kazakhgate?
Kazakhgate is a proper noun.

Words near Kazakhgate in the dictionary

  1. Kazakh
  2. Kazakh dandelion
  3. Kazakh dandelions
  4. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
  5. Kazakh SSR
  6. Kazakhgate
  7. Kazakhification
  8. Kazakhified
  9. Kazakhifies
  10. Kazakhify
  11. Kazakhifying

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