teapot dome

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Definition of teapot dome in English Turkish dictionary

teapot dome scandal
demlik kubbe skandalı
English - English
a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Teapot Dome scandal
Secret leasing of U.S. government land to private interests. In 1922 oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo., and Elk Hills, Calif., were improperly leased to private oil companies by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, who accepted cash gifts and no-interest loans from the companies. When the leases became known, Congress directed Pres. Warren G. Harding to cancel them. A later investigation revealed illegal actions by several government officials, some of whom later received fines and short prison sentences. The scandal became a symbol of government corruption
teapot dome

    Hyphenation

    tea·pot dome

    Turkish pronunciation

    tipät dōm

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtēˌpät ˈdōm/ /ˈtiːˌpɑːt ˈdoʊm/
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