Nannygate

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proper noun

Any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained.

    There are many forms of disorder. Street life is only one. Tax evasion, "Nannygates," political corruption: these forms of disorder—disorder that we experience as much as we do street life—are somehow different. They are not central to the broken windows hypothesis.

    2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order

Origin

From nanny + -gate.

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APA

Nannygate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nannygate

MLA

“Nannygate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nannygate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nannygate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nannygate.

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