1. The name of a (ugly) hotel in
Washington, DC.
2. Used to refer to the events following the discovery of the break in of the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate hotel complex by operatives of
the White House that lead to the resignation of
President Nixon.
3. Used to refer to a political scandal.
1. I'm staying at the Watergate.
2. After Watergate, people lost trust in the goverment.
3.
Clinton had
another Watergate on his hands with the Lewenski
scandal.