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scandal 
  n 
1 a disgraceful action or event 
his negligence was a scandal  
2 censure or outrage arising from an action or event 
3 a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace 
4 malicious talk, esp. gossip about the private lives of other people 
5  (Law) a libellous action or statement 
  vb tr 
Obsolete 
6 to disgrace 
7 to scandalize 
  (C16: from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, from Greek skandalon a trap) 
♦  scandalous  adj 
♦  scandalously  adv 
♦  scandalousness  n 

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