Oilgate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A South African political scandal in which the petrol company Imvume Holdings was accused of paying millions of state money to the ruling African National Congress shortly before elections.
Etymology
Suffix from English oil.
Origin
English
oil
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bio-oil English
- butteroil English
- deoil English
- nonoil English
- oil English
- oil of lemon eucalyptus English
- oilable English
- oilbath English
- oilbird English
- oilcake English
- oilcan English
- oilcloth English
- oilcrop English
- oilcup English
- oiler English
- oilfish English
- oilish English
- oilless English
- oilman English
- oilnut English
- oilocracy English
- oilpaper English
- oilpatch English
- oilpresser English
- oilpressing English
- oilproof English
- oilrig English
- oilseed English
- oilskin English
- oilsmoke English
- oilstone English
- oilstove English
- oiltight English
- oilway English
- oily English
- overoil English
- reoil English
- soyoil English
- truffle oil English
- underoil English
- unoil English
- オイル Japanese
- oyle Middle English
- oili Swahili
- weiļ Marshallese
- wōil Marshallese
- wel Tok Pisin
- welim Tok Pisin
- oil
- oily
- unoil
- deoil
- reoil
- oiler
- soyoil
- oilcan
- oilway
- nonoil
- oilnut
- oilcup
- oilish
- oilman
- oilrig
- bio-oil
- overoil
- oilfish
- oilseed
- oilbird
- oilable
- oilbath
- oilcake
- oilskin
- oilcrop
- oilless
- oilsmoke
- oilproof
- oilpatch
- oilstove
- oilstone
- oilcloth
- underoil
- oiltight
- oilpaper
- oilocracy
- butteroil
- oilpresser
- truffle oil
- oilpressing
- oil of lemon eucalyptus