criminal scandal

C18208
concept

A criminal scandal is a widely publicized incident in which illegal or morally corrupt actions by individuals or organizations are exposed, often leading to public outrage, legal consequences, and reputational damage.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Watergate-related case 5
British scandal 2
American scandal 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: criminal scandal
Generated description
A criminal scandal is a widely publicized incident in which illegal or morally corrupt actions by individuals or organizations are exposed, often leading to public outrage, legal consequences, and reputational damage.

Instances (14)

Instance Via concept surface
Affair of the Poisons —
United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. Watergate-related case
United States v. Jeb Stuart Magruder Watergate-related case
United States v. Harry F. Sinclair contempt of Congress case
Thaw–White murder case American scandal
2019 college admissions bribery scandal college admissions scandal
John Darwin disappearance case British scandal
Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy sign-stealing scandal
United States v. John W. Dean III Watergate-related case
Alder Hey organs scandal UK public scandal
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman Watergate-related case
United States v. Colson (Watergate-related case)
surface form: United States v. Colson
Watergate-related case
Volkswagen emissions scandal (certain generations)
surface form: Volkswagen emissions scandal
corporate scandal
Andover workhouse scandal British scandal