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scandal

noun aspersion, attaint, bad name, bad repptation, bad repute, baseness, brand, censure, damaging report, dedecoration, defamation, degradation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, loss of honor, loss of reputation, malicious gossip, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, slur, stain, stigma, taint, talk, tarnish, tarnished honor, vilification
Associated concepts: defamatory reports, deformatory rumors

SCANDAL. A scandalous verbal report or rumor respecting some person.
2. The remedy is an action on the case.
3. In chancery practice, when a bill or other pleading contains scandal, it will be referred to a master to be expunged, and till this has been done, the opposite party need not answer. 3 Bl. Com. 342. Nothing is considered scandalous which is positively relevant to the cause, however harsh and gross the charge may be. The degree of relevancy is not deemed material. Coop. Eq. Pl. 19; 2 Ves. 24; 6 Ves. 514, 11 Ves. 626; 15 Ves. 477; Story Eq. Plo. Sec. 269 Vide Impertinent.

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These scandals quickly become attached to a school, or to a city, or some other place.

Sex tapes and scandal

Even though hesitant, he said, "Sidhani scandals za WCB zinaweza ni-affect.

Diamond's scandals don't affect me - Rich Mavoko

This book explores political sex scandals in the US to understand how they turn politics into a spectator sport, contribute to the mistrust of government, cause citizens to questions politicians' competence, and decrease their ability to do good for their constituents, as well as how scandals are representative of society's broader gender dynamics.

Sex Scandals, Gender, and Power in Contemporary American Politics

Thirteen member committee headed by Chief Economist Rizwan Shabir has probed of corruption of 15 billion of rupees in allotment to Hayat Regency, except of this, Dubai Plaza, Hill View Pak Tower, Allotment of Cinema plot no 29 ,G, 9 Markaz, Centaurus plot, Margalla Tower, Allotment of Saidpur Village and allotment of 43 Schools plots to favorites' scandals are included.

PM Secretariat dumps findings of 39 corruption scandals

Scandals with more than five mentions in The New York Times resulted in a 9 percent applicant drop the following year.

The scandal side effect

Writer-producer Shonda Rhimes draws us in by blurring the lines between fiction and reality, holding up a mirror to reveal our society's fixation with political and sexual scandals.

Real scandal

Second, the book uses religious scandals to illustrate the workings of both public opinion and scandal.

Ehrat, Johannes. Power of Scandal: Semiotic and Pragmatic in Mass Media

MARGOT GAYLE BACKUS achieves an expert masterstroke in this study of fin de siecle newspaper scandals with application to works of James Joyce.

A first-tier school for scandal

Newspaper "Lajm" once again appealed to readers and all citizens to be careful of the possible staged incidents that are aimed at covering up the scandals that appeared in the public.

Attention: incidents to cover up scandals could increase!

The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries, Gothenburg, SE: Nordicom, 2012, 211 pp.

Sigurd Allern and Ester Pollack (Eds.), Scandalous! The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries

teachings on sexuality, the sacredness of human life, and women's ordination [80-82]), but it fails to bring attention to the scandals of poverty, racism, sexism, and war (67-74).

Scandal: The Catholic Church and Public Life

In his latest book, Robert Entman is fixated on scandals that never materialized.