Definition of "cesspool" [cess•pool]

• A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house. (noun)
• A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place. (noun)

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• "The people of city X or county Y can be relied upon not to turn their community into a cesspool without the state and federal governments telling them what a cesspool is and is not."
• "Notice the crawler across the bottom of the screen capture, “Three people get caught in cesspool” … would that be Bush, Cheney and Rice?"
• "I hope the judge doesn’t see, or I’m in cesspool of trouble."