teapot dome

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Definition of teapot dome in English Turkish dictionary

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teapot dome scandal

demlik kubbe skandalı

English - English

Definition of teapot dome in English English dictionary

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

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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

Hyphenation

tea·pot dome

Turkish pronunciation

tipät dōm

Pronunciation

/ˈtēˌpät ˈdōm/ /ˈtiːˌpɑːt ˈdoʊm/