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Meanings of sleaze in English

Catalan
sordidesa

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.

sordidesa
Usage of sleaze in English
1
Simpson is 100 percent unadulterated sleaze, said a lawyer for Goldman's father.
Ebony
2
The attraction of Soho is its independent shops and broad, homely sleaze.
The Guardian
3
We're supposed to be getting to know each other, you Syndic... sleaze.
Perilous Shield
4
The Conservative Party in Britain has been hit by a new sleaze scandal.
Radio NZ
5
It's an old-fashioned Raymond Chandler crime caper repainted with 70s sleaze.
The Guardian
6
Just because Griff doesn't have a Texas drawl doesn't mean he's a sleaze.
The maverick
7
Don't take the romance out of it, this is sleaze at it's best.
Terminal Compromise
8
Your husband partnered up with this sleaze to make kiddie porn.
Bones to Ashes
9
What sleaze had filled the old man's ear with tales of my incompetence?
206 Bones
10
Bob was a sleaze, but he was also a sneak and a coward.
Indivisible
11
Hospital waiting lists, crime, infrastructural chaos and revelations of sleaze do not outweigh that.
The Irish Times
12
But in Uttar Pradesh, most rulers end their rule embroiled in sleaze and scandal.
Reuters
13
He's such a sleaze. Others took the admission more seriously.
Reuters
14
Once again the Conservative Party is dogged by sleaze allegations.
The Irish Times
15
But I'm a lovable sleaze, and that's all that's important.
Pressure
16
We look back at a career dogged by allegations of sex, scandal and sleaze.
Reuters
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Catalan
sordidesa
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Sleaze across language varieties
United States of America
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