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Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Many observers have commented that, with so many Russian newspapers and TV channels now controlled by oligarchs or powerful organisations, kompromat is now a regular feature in the supposedly independent press.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). KGB slang from the Stalin era.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
кампрама́т
(kampramát)
— dirt, compromising material
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Bulgarian:
компрома́т
(kompromát)
— dirt, compromising material
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Chinese Mandarin:
黑材料
(hēicáiliào)
— dirt, compromising material
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Chinese Mandarin:
黑料
(hēiliào)
— dirt, compromising material
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Dutch:
kompromat
— dirt, compromising material
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Finnish:
kompromaatti
— dirt, compromising material
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Finnish:
vahingoittava materiaali
— dirt, compromising material
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French:
kompromat
— dirt, compromising material
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German:
Kompromat
— dirt, compromising material
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German:
kompromittierendes Material
— dirt, compromising material
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Hungarian:
kompromittáló anyag
— dirt, compromising material
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Korean:
콤프로마트
(kompeuromateu)
— dirt, compromising material
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Polish:
hak
— dirt, compromising material
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Polish:
haki
— dirt, compromising material
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Polish:
kompromat
— dirt, compromising material
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Russian:
компрома́т
(kompromát)
— dirt, compromising material
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Swedish:
kompromat
— dirt, compromising material
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Ukrainian:
компрома́т
(kompromát)
— dirt, compromising material
