kompromat
kompromat · kompromats
компромат
компромат
Kompromat, kompromittierendes Material
Compromising material, blackmail material, evidence that a person does not want…Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.
» Tom has kompromat on John.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.
Kompromat, kompromittierendes Material
компрома́тkompromát
компрома́тkompromát
Examples
1 sentencesTom has kompromat on John.
Translations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
dirt, compromising material:
Русский
By meaning 1
dirt, compromising material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dirt, compromising material:
Origin
Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprBorrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). Soviet security service slang from the Stalin era.
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Forms
plural: kompromatsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable