Definitions for scandals
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1. scandals

   A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way. These reactions are usually noisy and may be conflicting, and they often have negative effects on the status and credibility of the person(s) or organisation involved. Society is scandalised when it becomes aware of breaches of moral norms or legal requirements, often when these have remained undiscovered or been concealed for some time. Such breaches have typically erupted from greed, lust or the abuse of power. Scandals may be regarded as political, sexual, moral, literary or artistic but often spread from one realm into another. The basis of a scandal may be factual or false, or a combination of both. In contemporary times, exposure of a scandalous situation is often made by mass media. Contemporary media has the capacity to spread knowledge of a scandal further than in previous centuries and public interest has encouraged many cases of confected scandals relating to well-known people as well as genuine scandals relating to politics and business. Some scandals are revealed by whistleblowers who discover wrongdoing within organizations or groups, such as Deep Throat (William Mark Felt) during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s in the United States. Whistleblowers may be protected by laws which are used to obtain information of misdeeds and acts detrimental to their establishments. However, the possibility of scandal has always created a tension between society's efforts to reveal wrongdoing and its desire to cover them up ... and the act of covering up (or indeed of revealing) a contentious situation may become a scandal.

How to pronounce scandals?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say scandals in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scandals in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scandals in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of scandals in a Sentence

1. Stuart King:

   It will be quite a shock in process terms to asset managers and brokers. They will have to say who is responsible for what and keep that up to date, reflect it in appraisals and staff training, after what happened with the Libor and forex scandals, very senior people were not held to account but this will make it a lot easier for the regulator to go up the line.

2. Director Diana Allmendinger:

   Souring market sentiment for Toshiba is likely being driven by concerns surrounding management shake-ups, accounting scandals and disappointing earnings.

3. Pope Francis:

   I think the media have to be very clear, very transparent, and not fall into—no offense intended—the sickness of coprophagia, that is, always wanting to cover scandals, covering nasty things, even if they are true, and since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, a lot of damage can be done.

4. Dave Quast of Red Banyan:

   Mel Gibson and other controversial A-listers still draw audiences despite major scandals in their careers, so it’s impossible to guess which sins moviegoers will and won’t forgive, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Baldwin’s decision to make a movie so soonafter the shooting will deter many moviegoers from visiting theaters to see'97 Minutes.'.

5. Franklin Graham:

   Has he had scandals in his life ? Sure he has.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandals