Spygate

English + (conspiracy theory) Etymology From en spy -gate. Proper noun The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy. en Ryan Gaydos Trump, Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of trying to influence late senator's Spygate probe: report w:Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-patriots-robert-kraft-accused-influence-senator-spygate-probe-report 2021-05-26 Then-Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who died in 2012, sought to launch a separate investigation into the Spygate scandal. https://web.archive.org/web/20231224154507/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-patriots-robert-kraft-accused-influence-senator-spygate-probe-report 24 December 2023 The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy. en Stepneygate James Snodgrass F1 'Spygate': $100m fine for McLaren https://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/11/f1.spygate/ 2007-09-11 The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, motor sport's governing body, has fined McLaren -- the team at the center of the "spygate" scandal -- $100m and stripped it of its constructors' championship points for the season. And McLaren faces further penalties when the WMSC reconvenes in December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20251007042333/https://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/11/f1.spygate/ 7 October 2025 en neologism US politics A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The Southampton F.C. espionage incident in 2026 en Conspiracy theories