Since the infamous American Watergate scandal of 1973, it has become fashionable to create names for polticial scandals by adding the suffix "gate" to an adjective or noun that realates to the scandal. For example, a scandal involving a casino could be dubbed "Casinogate," a scandal involving a murder could be called "Murdergate" and so forth.
Below are some accused scandals, all debated. Some say that some of these don't count as actual scandals while others allege some of these events flat out didn't occur.
Famous Political Scandals
See also: Scandal, American political scandals, British political scandals