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Milliongate

Milliongate proper noun: a scandal in Sierra Leone in the 1980s, involving the appropriation of millions of leones of government money for private use.

Proper noun

Milliongate

  1. A scandal in Sierra Leone in the 1980s, involving the appropriation of millions of leones of government money for private use.

Origin of Milliongate

From million + -gate.

Questions about Milliongate

What does Milliongate mean?
Milliongate means a scandal in Sierra Leone in the 1980s, involving the appropriation of millions of leones of government money for private use.
What part of speech is Milliongate?
Milliongate is a proper noun.

Words near Milliongate in the dictionary

  1. millionenniums
  2. millionerd
  3. millionerds
  4. millionfish
  5. millionfold
  6. Milliongate
  7. millionheir
  8. millionheiress
  9. millionheiresses
  10. millionheirs
  11. millionism

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