cesspool

[ ses-pool ]

/ ˈsɛsˌpul /

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noun

a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.

any filthy receptacle or place.

any place of moral filth or immorality: a cesspool of iniquity.

Words nearby cesspool

cesser, cession, cessionary, cesspipe, cesspit, cesspool, cesta, cestan-chenais syndrome, cesti, cestoda, cestode

Origin of cesspool

1575–85; cess (< Italian cesso privy < Latin rēcessus recess, place of retirement) + pool¹

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Examples from the Web for cesspool

On another, more macro level, did you find Europe to be such a cesspool of intrigue?
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall|William O’Connor|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The vote on Sunday could take Ukraine toward a modern functioning democracy or plunge it back into a cesspool of corruption.
Ukraine’s Wild and Wooly Elections|Anna Nemtsova|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It allows me to stomach the pathetic shenanigans of the cesspool of Washington, D.C.
Roland Martin: America, You Can’t Handle the Truth!|Roland S. Martin|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the cesspool of cynicism that is Indian politics, we thought his train ride struck a blow instead for a degree of idealism.
How Rahul Gandhi Blew the Indian Rape Crisis|Dilip D’Souza|January 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It's perpetuating a cesspool on Facebook for those who would perpetuate real world violence and rape.
Should Facebook Ban Sexist Pages?|Jessica Bennett|November 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It seems, in fact, to be a sort of horrible beast made for the night which has just been torn from its cesspool.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
It's possible to live; but you want brains and a lot of cleverness in order not to sit down in the cesspool at once.
Mother|Maksim Gorky
If a giant had filtered this cesspool, he would have had the riches of centuries in his lair.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
We picked our way back to the fire, avoiding the dung-heap and pig-stye, whereby we nearly fell into a cesspool.
The Luck of Thirteen|Jan Gordon
At the lower end of the trough have a waste pipe which runs into a cesspool.
Campward Ho!|Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for cesspool

cesspool

cesspit (ˈsɛsˌpɪt)

/ (ˈsɛsˌpuːl) /

noun

Also called: sink, sump a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water

a filthy or corrupt placea cesspool of iniquity

Word Origin for cesspool

C17: changed (through influence of pool 1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire

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