an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage:a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters
[mass noun] the outrage or anger caused by a scandalous action or event:divorce was cause for scandal in the island
[mass noun] rumour or malicious gossip about scandalous events or actions:I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name
[in singular] a state of affairs regarded as wrong or reprehensible and causing general public outrage or anger:it’s a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable
