- scandal
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, great, major▪ current, recent▪ national, public▪ abuse, accounting, bribery, corporate, corruption, doping, drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), financial, political, sex, sexual▪
a sex-abuse scandal
▪the prisoner-abuse scandal
▪ real▪The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again.
… OF SCANDALS▪ series, spate, wave▪The government was rocked by a series of scandals.
VERB + SCANDAL▪ cause, create▪ avoid, prevent▪ investigate▪ expose, reveal, uncover▪ cover up, hush up▪ be embroiled in, be implicated in, be involved in▪There have been calls for the resignation of the official involved in the sex scandal.
SCANDAL + VERB▪ be brewing (esp. AmE), break, develop, erupt, unfold▪The scandal broke on the front pages of all the papers the next day.
▪ rock sth▪ involve sb/sth▪ engulf sb/sth (esp. BrE), surround sb/sth▪financial scandals surrounding the government
SCANDAL + NOUN▪ sheet (= a newspaper that publishes stories intended to shock the public)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the scandal▪He was imprisoned for his part in the bribery scandal.
▪ scandal over▪the scandals over corruption in public life
PHRASES▪ the centre/center of a scandal▪The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre/center of the scandal.
▪ a hint of scandal, a suggestion of scandal▪Until the story was published there had been no hint of scandal.
▪ in the wake of a scandal▪In the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.