cesspool
Noun
Meaning
A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.
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By handing it over to Dag Hammarskjöld and his feckless ilk, Eisenhower turned the organization from the stout voice of international law and order into at best a meaningless charade; at worst, a Machiavellian cesspool.
A report in Time Magazine in 1969 described the lake as a "gigantic cesspool" since only 3 of 62 beaches were rated "completely safe for swimming".
Donald Trump encouraged reporters to quiz Prince Andrew about ex-pal Jeffrey Epstein’s “cesspool” Pedo Island.
Afghanistan can never, ever join the community of nations because the country as a whole is a cesspool of violence and oppression and the poor savages are incapable of ever changing the way things are done"
New York City here is not the shining beacon of American exceptionalism; it's a decaying cesspool of mankind's worst tendencies, and a monument to the rejection of human kindness.
The Coalition, in concert with the M&CC, has gone a long way in salvaging the capital city, Georgetown – bringing it back from the cesspool it was in 2015.