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单词 kompromat
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kompromatn.

Brit. /kɒmprəˈmat/, U.S. /kɑmprəˈmæt/
Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian kompromat.
Etymology: < Russian kompromat (1969 or earlier) < kompro- (in komprometirujuščij compromising) + mat- (in material material).Compare earlier use of the Russian word in an English context:1983 A. W. Bouis tr. L. Kopelev Ease my Sorrows xi. 164 Shikin had been planning to take care of us for ‘snitching’ to the Central Committee; he had already..started gathering a kompromat, a compromising affidavit.
In (Russian or Soviet) espionage: compromising information collected for use in blackmailing, discrediting, or manipulating a person, group, etc., esp. for political purposes. Also: a piece or a collection of such material.
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1990 tr. in Russ. Press Digest (Nexis) Oct. Kompromat may include any deviations from the love for the CPSU declared by the generals... So that when an officer becomes unruly, there will be levers to influence him.
2006 A. V. Ledeneva How Russia really Works iii. 77 The final two weeks of the elections witnessed an unprecedented kompromat war.
2018 Economist Online (Nexis) 8 Mar. It is not a stretch to think that the Russian secret services, who try to collect kompromat on almost anyone, would have tried it with Mr Trump when he was in town.
2019 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. 2 They are using private life-related kompromats against them.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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