Spygate

English

Etymology

From spy +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

Spygate

  1. The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
    • 2021 May 26, Ryan Gaydos, “Trump, Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of trying to influence late senator's Spygate probe: report”, in Fox News‎[1]:
      Then-Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who died in 2012, sought to launch a separate investigation into the Spygate scandal.
  2. The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy.
    Synonym: Stepneygate
    • 2007 September 11, James Snodgrass, “F1 'Spygate': $100m fine for McLaren”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, motor sport's governing body, has fined McLaren -- the team at the center of the "spygate" scandal -- $100m and stripped it of its constructors' championship points for the season. And McLaren faces further penalties when the WMSC reconvenes in December 2007.
  3. (neologism, US, politics) A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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