as in disgrace
a cause of shame
a scandal that for many years haunted the family of the banker convicted of embezzlement
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Recent Examples of scandal
Lending scandals still shadow Wells Fargo The closures come as Wells Fargo gradually moves to put its era of lending scandals into the past.
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David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
Charlie Scharf was brought in as CEO in 2019 to clean things up after the 2016 fake accounts scandal and others.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Gascón attended the César ceremony in Paris, even walking the red carpet, marking her first public appearance since the scandal erupted.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Casey’s behavior, then and now, makes a compelling argument that not every public scandal needs to be relitigated, nor does every headline-grabbing criminal case need to be perpetually thrust again and again into the public eye.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
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David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
Charlie Scharf was brought in as CEO in 2019 to clean things up after the 2016 fake accounts scandal and others.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Gascón attended the César ceremony in Paris, even walking the red carpet, marking her first public appearance since the scandal erupted.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Casey’s behavior, then and now, makes a compelling argument that not every public scandal needs to be relitigated, nor does every headline-grabbing criminal case need to be perpetually thrust again and again into the public eye.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Scandal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandal. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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