financial scandal

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandscandal

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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scandal
noun
uk
/ˈskæn.dəl/us
/ˈskæn.dəl/
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong ...
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(Definition offinancialandscandalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinancial scandal

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The result is that we have afinancialscandalon our hands.
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This is probably the biggest singlefinancialscandalin the history of local government.
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We should never be complacent about the risk of uncovering a damagingfinancialscandalin this country.
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He was convicted in a hugefinancialscandalin 1913.
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The church closed amidstfinancialscandaland dwindling membership.
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This was considered a majorfinancialscandalin that time.
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It operated until 1988, when afinancialscandalcaused it to lose accreditation and funding.
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He was also caught in afinancialscandalduring this time period.
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Making matters worse, the union had been rocked byfinancialscandal.
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He was drawn to speculation and ultimately to a rumoredfinancialscandal.
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He was regarded as being astute and disciplined, and had never been associated with anyfinancialscandal.
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The better the compensation deal that can be given to those victims, the more satisfactory will be the position in relation to this and any future banking orfinancialscandal.
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It enables me to raise a matter that threatens to be a majorfinancialscandalunless action is taken in the near future to bring the position under control.
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In the first stage of thefinancialscandal, the problem was one of allowing banks to claim tax relief on provisions on loans that they still held at face value.
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He, later on, returned as a director to the club, a decision that saw him being involved in afinancialscandal.
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The remaining years of his life were surrounded infinancialscandaland large financial losses by institution that he was involved with.
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The congregation was greatly reduced by afinancialscandalin the 1920s; reduced to a handful of members, it was disorganized in 1930 and its property sold.
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