kompromat

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kompromat

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Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). Soviet security service slang from the Stalin era.

noun kompromats · compromat

countable, uncountable Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt. Many observers have commented that, with so many Russian newspapers and TV channels now controlled by oligarchs or powerful organisations, kompromat is now a regular feature in the supposedly independent press.

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noun dirt, compromising material

한국어	콤프로마트 kompeuromateu
中文	黑材料 hēicáiliào, 黑料 hēiliào
Français	kompromat
Deutsch	Kompromat, kompromittierendes Material
Русский	компрома́т kompromát

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@misc{kompromat_2026,
  title = {kompromat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kompromat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}