Definition of "sleaze" [sleaze]

• A sleazy condition, quality, or appearance: "His record of public service is untouched by any stain of shadiness or sleaze” ( James J. Kilpatrick). (noun)

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• "Tinseltown (warner Bros) is even importing sleaze from the United Kingdom."
• "Bunning and the rest of the republican sleaze is what was left over …"
• "As I have said before in the BBC's eyes Tory sleaze is a major story and the person implicated must go."