Pardongate
name, slang
name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States. informal
"Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]"
Example
More examples"Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]"
Etymology
From pardon + -gate.
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