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(adj) disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" From the Greek σκάνδαλον, a trap or stumbling-block. The metaphor is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's trust or faith. adject...
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Cumann na mBan is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation supporting the republican cause. Formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, it merged with and dissolved Inghinidhe na hÉireann. In 1916, it became an auxiliary of the Irish Volunteers and played a critical role in the Easter Rising. Although it was otherwise an independent organisation, its executive was subordinate to that of the ...