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Spygate

Spygate proper noun: the 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.

Proper noun

Spygate

  1. The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
    • Then-Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who died in 2012, sought to launch a separate investigation into the Spygate scandal.2021 May 26, Ryan Gaydos, “Trump, Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of trying to influence late senator's Spygate probe: report”, in Fox News
  2. The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy.
    • The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, motor sport's governing body, has fined McLaren -- the team at the center of the "spygate" scandal -- $100m and stripped it of its constructors' championship points for the season. And McLaren faces further penalties when the WMSC reconvenes in...2007 September 11, James Snodgrass, “F1 'Spygate': $100m fine for McLaren”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    Stepneygate
  3. (US, neologism) A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
  4. The Southampton F.C. espionage incident in 2026

Synonyms of Spygate

Origin of Spygate

From spy + -gate.

Questions about Spygate

What does Spygate mean?
Spygate means the 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
What part of speech is Spygate?
Spygate is a proper noun.

Words near Spygate in the dictionary

  1. spyed
  2. spyeing
  3. spyes
  4. spyess
  5. spyesses
  6. Spygate
  7. spyglass
  8. spyglasses
  9. spyhole
  10. spyholes
  11. spyhop

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