Donnygate

D2O1N1N1Y4G2A1T1E1

proper noun

A political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKinformalgovernmentA political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom.

Origin

From Donny + -gate.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Donnygate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Donnygate

MLA

“Donnygate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Donnygate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Donnygate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Donnygate.

Source: Donnygate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.