Collocations for scandal - noun

big, great, major | fresh | national, public | bribery, corruption, drug/drugs, financial, political, sex/sexual

series
The government was rocked by a series of scandals.

cause, create | expose, reveal, uncover | be embroiled in, be implicated in, be involved in, be mixed up in
There have been calls for the resignation of the minister involved in the sex scandal.

be rocked by | attract
Their relationship attracted a lot of scandal.

spread, stir up
She''s always trying to stir up scandal.

cover up, hush up

break, develop, erupt
The scandal broke on the front pages of all the papers the next day.

involve sb/sth | surround sb/sth
financial scandals surrounding the government

in a/the ~
He was imprisoned for his part in the bribery scandal.

~ over
the scandals over corruption in public life

the centre of a scandal
The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre of the scandal.

a hint/suggestion of scandal
Until the story was published there had been no hint of scandal.