lochtegate

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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|informal}} A [[scandal]] during the 2016 Summer Olympics in [[Rio de Janeiro]], in which US swimmer {{w|Ryan Lochte}} and two teammates [[fabricate]]d a story of having been [[rob]]bed at [[gunpoint]] in order to cover up their own acts of [[vandalism]].

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