sex scandal
Career-ending revelation
A sex scandal is a public controversy involving sexual behavior—usually an affair, harassment, or other misconduct—by a prominent figure.
Politicians, celebrities, and executives are frequent subjects.
The scandal lies not just in the act but in its exposure: The senator's career ended in a sex scandal.
The term implies both moral transgression and media attention.
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- caught in the actDiscovered mid-wrongdoing
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
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- scandalscontroversy, coverup, cover-up, disgrace, misconduct
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
sex scandalfinancial scandal
Public exposure of monetary wrongdoing
corruption scandal · bribery scandal · accounting fraud · political scandal · Ponzi scheme
sex scandalcommendation
Formal expression of approval
lifetime achievement award · knighthood · canonization · exoneration · rehabilitation
sex scandalmarital fidelity
Loyalty within marriage
chastity · celibacy · monogamy · clean living · respectability
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