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Irangate

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I·ran·gate  (-rngt, -rän-, -rn-)
n.
A scandal occurring during the Reagan administration in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran and illegally used the profits to continue funding an army of rebels in Nicaragua.
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Irangate
n (Pol) → Iran-Contra-Affäre f, → Irangate nt (inf)
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