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Lobbygate

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Etymology

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From lobby +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

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Lobbygate

  1. (UK) A political scandal of 1998 in which lobbyists Derek Draper and Jonathan Mendelsohn were secretly recorded boasting that they could sell access to government ministers and create tax breaks for their clients.