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Pemexgate

Pemexgate proper noun: a 2000 Mexican scandal in which funds from the state-owned oil company Pemex were used to support a political campaign.

Proper noun

Pemexgate

  1. (informal) A 2000 Mexican scandal in which funds from the state-owned oil company Pemex were used to support a political campaign.

Origin of Pemexgate

From Pemex + -gate.

Questions about Pemexgate

What does Pemexgate mean?
Pemexgate means a 2000 Mexican scandal in which funds from the state-owned oil company Pemex were used to support a political campaign.
What part of speech is Pemexgate?
Pemexgate is a proper noun.

Words near Pemexgate in the dictionary

  1. pembrolizumab
  2. Pembrooke
  3. Pembury
  4. PEMDAS
  5. pemetrexed
  6. Pemexgate
  7. pemican
  8. pemicans
  9. Pemienta
  10. pemigatinib
  11. pemirolast

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