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sleaze
UK /sliːz/ US /sliːz/
noun 4verb 2
Definitions
noun
1
Low moral standards.
ministerial sleaze and mendacity
The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.
2
A person of low moral standards.
She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.
3
A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down.
Mother, he's such a sleaze! The way he looked at you!
4
sleazy material
a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze
verb
1
To act or progress in a sleazy manner.
He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar.
2
To slander.
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