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 |
| United States presidential impeachment | 4 |
| scandal | 4 |
| United States political scandal | 2 |
| corruption case | 2 |
| judicial scandal | 2 |
| British political scandal | 1 |
| adultery scandal | 1 |
| corruption affair | 1 |
| corruption controversy | 1 |
| event in the Trump–Ukraine scandal | 1 |
| international scandal | 1 |
| military scandal | 1 |
| police corruption scandal | 1 |
| political investigation | 1 |
| political scandal event | 1 |
| public administration scandal | 1 |
| social scandal | 1 |
| watergate | 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: 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 |
|---|---|
| Prorogation of Parliament (September 2019) | constitutional crisis |
| Nazi seizure of power | constitutional crisis |
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surface form:
Alger Hiss case
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| Koningskwestie | constitutional crisis |
| Tonkin Affair | — |
| arms-to-Iraq affair | — |
| Shell Crisis of 1915 | — |
| News International phone hacking scandal | scandal |
| abdication crisis of 1936 | constitutional crisis |
| Panama scandals | — |
| 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis | constitutional crisis |
| Veterans Bureau scandal | — |
| Ohio Gang corruption scandals | — |
| Niger uranium forgeries | — |
| Ibiza affair | — |
| Teapot Dome scandal | — |