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1. Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
   - sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate

1. A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
   "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"
   - Watergate scandal

Derived forms: water gates

Type of: outrage, regulator, scandal

Part of: penstock, sluice, sluiceway

Encyclopedia: Watergate Watergate, Chester Watergate, District of Columbia