Meaning watergate
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mid-14c., "channel for water;" late 14c., "flood-gate;" from water (n.1) + gate (n.). The name of a building in Washington, D.C., that housed the headquarters of the Democratic Par [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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Scandal that led to Nixon's resignation in 1974 after it was discovered the Republican White House planned and covered up a burglary at Democratic Party headquarters.
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Government scandal in the United States that triggered Richard Nixon to resign as President. Watergate is now a synonym for a government cover-up, and as such mentioned in the YM episode Jobs for the [..]
Source: yes-minister.com

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(n) a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
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A US political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in .
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