political scandal

C333
concept

A political scandal is a widely publicized incident in which public officials or institutions are implicated in unethical, illegal, or corrupt behavior that undermines public trust.

All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
political scandal canonical 74
constitutional crisis 29
corruption scandal 9

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: political scandal
Generated description
A political scandal is a widely publicized incident in which public officials or institutions are implicated in unethical, illegal, or corrupt behavior that undermines public trust.

Instances (116)

Instance Via concept surface
Apostasia of 1965 constitutional crisis
Guillaume affair —
2013 global surveillance disclosures —
Clinton email controversy —
Taylor Allen
surface form: 1969 Chappaquiddick incident
—
José Castro
surface form: Nóos case
corruption scandal
United States House ethics inquiry into Jim Wright —
Traitors’ Gate watergate
Felt
surface form: Watergate scandal
—
Profumo
surface form: Profumo affair
—
Profumo affair —
Martha Profumo
surface form: Profumo affair
—
1889 Cleveland Street scandal —
kidnapping and assault case involving Stompie Seipei —
childcare benefits scandal —
Dreyfus affair —
David St. John
surface form: Watergate scandal
—
“three governors controversy” in Georgia
surface form: Three Governors Controversy
constitutional crisis
Watergate scandal —
Hanoverian court intrigue —
May 1958 crisis in France constitutional crisis
Casket Letters controversy —
Magruder
surface form: Watergate scandal
—
first impeachment of Donald Trump United States presidential impeachment
Calas affair judicial scandal
Iran–Contra affair —
New Deal constitutional crisis constitutional crisis
Belgian royal question constitutional crisis
Lockheed bribery scandals —
1993 Russian constitutional crisis constitutional crisis
Danish constitutional crisis of 1848 constitutional crisis
Trial of Queen Caroline constitutional crisis
Mundhra scandal —
2017 Catalan independence referendum constitutional crisis
Union crisis of 1905 constitutional crisis
Cromwell's dissolution of the Rump (1653) constitutional crisis
Clean Hands investigations —
U.S. diplomatic cables leak —
Gargan
surface form: Chappaquiddick incident
—
Clinton impeachment United States presidential impeachment
Angolagate arms trafficking affair —
Political crisis of 1965 in Greece constitutional crisis
Nóos case corruption scandal
Swedish Academy scandal scandal
Recruit scandal —
Chappaquiddick incident —
Seize Mai crisis constitutional crisis
second impeachment of Donald Trump United States presidential impeachment
Athenian legal and constitutional crisis constitutional crisis
Straperlo scandal —