Collocations for scandal - noun

big, great, major
current, recent
national, public
abuse, accounting, bribery, corporate, corruption, doping, drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), financial, political, sex, sexual
a sex-abuse scandal
the prisoner-abuse scandal

real
The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again.

series, spate, wave
The government was rocked by a series of scandals.

cause, create
avoid, prevent
investigate
expose, reveal, uncover
cover up, hush up
be embroiled in, be implicated in, be involved in
There have been calls for the resignation of the official involved in the sex scandal.

be brewing (esp. AmE), break, develop, erupt, unfold
The scandal broke on the front pages of all the papers the next day.

rock sth
involve sb/sth
engulf sb/sth (esp. BrE), surround sb/sth
financial scandals surrounding the government

sheet (= a newspaper that publishes stories intended to shock the public)

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

scandal over
the scandals over corruption in public life

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

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

in the wake of a scandal
In the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light.