HyperDic: teapot_dome_scandal

English > 1 sense of the expression Teapot Dome scandal:
NOUNeventTeapot Dome scandal, Teapot Domea government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased / leased to a private oil company in 1921
English > Teapot Dome scandal: 1 sense > noun 1, event
MeaningA government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased / leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration.
SynonymTeapot Dome
Instance ofscandal, outrageA disgraceful event

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