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sleaze

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1. sleaze - Noun

2. sleaze - Verb

Meaning

tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

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To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze. P. J. O'Rourke

Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous. Dick Cavett

No band on 21st-century radio has mined pre-grunge hair-metal's sleaze like L.A.'s Buckcherry. So it makes poetic sense that they'd spend their sixth album tallying all seven deadly sins. Chuck Eddy

Duberman, p. 207. Others found the closing of the Stonewall Inn, termed a "sleaze joint", as advantageous to the Village. Source: Internet

Another sordid story of systemic corruption that has characterized official sleaze in Nigeria. Source: Internet

At this moment, even mainstream broadsheets have introduced elements of tabloid sleaze and although it is true this has boosted the sale of these newspapers, media observers are now predicting a backlash sooner than later. Source: Internet

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