Help us build the new Word Dynamo app! Take this quick survey now.

The Watergate Scandal

Word List with 19 words
By Dictionary.com

Play

Words in This List

Watergate

AWhite House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C. Culminated in the resignation of Nixon.

Richard Nixon

37th president of the U.S., 1969. Resigned in 1974 after congressional hearings related to the Watergate Scandal.

scandal

A disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.; damage to reputation; public disgrace.

Democratic National Committee

The principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis.

indictment

A formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes.

See all words ‣

The number of people indicted, tried, convicted and incarcerated as a result of the Watergate Scandal.

burglary

The felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency. FBI.

slush fund

A sum of money used for illicit or corrupt political purposes, as for buying influence.

impeachment

The impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.

wiretap

An act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.

coverup

Any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.

G. Gordon Liddy

The chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. Along with E. Howard Hunt, organized Watergate break-in.

The Plumbers

A covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24, 1971 during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

E. Howard Hunt

A White House Plumber during Richard Nixon's presidency. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, organized Watergate break-in.

John Ehrlichman

Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon; a key figure in the Watergate break-in.

H. R. Haldeman

A political aide of Nixon involved in the Watergate Scandal.

Bob Woodward

One of The Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate Scandal using a confidential source nicknamed "Deep Throat."

Carl Bernstein

One of The Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate Scandal using a confidential source nicknamed "Deep Throat."