Kompromat
Definition
Compromising information that is used to blackmail or discredit a person or group usually for political purposes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). Soviet security service slang from the Stalin era.
In a sentence
- The leaked emails served as kompromat in the boardroom coup.
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