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Lobbygate
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English
Etymology
From en lobby gate.
Proper noun
en UK A political scandal of 1998 in which lobbyists Derek Draper and Jon Mendelsohn Jonathan Mendelsohn were secretly recorded boasting that they could sell access to government ministers and create tax breaks for their clients.