Scandal in a sentence as a noun

[3] CBS sat on the Abu Ghraib torture scandal at the request of the Pentagon.

Switzerland had a huge surveillance scandal during the 80's.

The content on HN became quite politicized after the NSA scandal.

EFF has been warning us about our government abusing our trust long before this scandal broke.

In a normal scandal story, the appropriate committee would grant immunity to Snowden, have him testify, then bring up Clapper, have him testify, and compare notes.

An Eliot-Spitzer-Client-9 level scandal uncovered in this fashion would absolutely knock her out of the ring, though it wouldn't be as satisfying as seeing her forced to step down for pursuing this case.

It is quite possible that someone will describe a political or even personal scandal known only to subordinates or immediate associates.

If a college degree just means you banged out a bunch of garbage essays, as it does for many people based on the assignments I saw contracted out, should we really be outraged that some people are not doing the work themselves?I would argue that the real scandal is not that some people are paying for help, but that many degree programs demand so little in terms of knowledge and thought that they can be easily gamed in this way.

Scandal definitions

noun

disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

See also: dirt

noun

a disgraceful event

See also: outrage