Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sleazy condition, quality, or appearance.
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- noun uncountable low moral standards
- noun countable a person with low moral standards
- noun countable (the commonest instance of the above) a man who is
sexually aggressive orforward with women to the point ofdisgust
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bunning and the rest of the republican sleaze is what was left over …
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Tinseltown (warner Bros) is even importing sleaze from the United Kingdom.
Warner Bros. Bets Big on Russell Brand for Yet another Super-Star Playboy Movie – Collider.com 2010
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"Tory splits", like "Tory sleaze" is a serious BBC news story and will be given headline coverage.
Bob Marshall-Andrews Not a sheep 2008
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Tory sleaze is of interest to the BBC, Labour sleaze shhhhhh
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Tory sleaze is of interest to the BBC, Labour sleaze shhhhhh
The return of Tory Sleaze? Not a sheep 2008
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The BBC coverage of the Speaker Martin sleaze story
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
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In contrast, Labour sleaze is just not possible and if proved is just inconvenient and any resignation must be accompanied by expressions of regret.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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"Tory splits", like "Tory sleaze" is a serious BBC news story and will be given headline coverage.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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As I have said before in the BBC's eyes Tory sleaze is a major story and the person implicated must go.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I see that the BBC have mover the Peter Hain sleaze story.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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