noun
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sleaziness
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dishonest, disreputable, or immoral behaviour, especially of public officials or employees
political sleaze
Etymology
Origin of sleaze
First recorded in 1950–55; back formation from sleazy
Example Sentences
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I don’t necessarily agree with our hero’s opinion that new sleaze rock is what Mozart would be playing if he were alive today.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
A largely forgotten chapter of the Watergate scandal connected two fixtures of American life: milk and political sleaze.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025
“The exhibition tracks the pursuit of glamour and sleaze that I was looking for on Hollywood Boulevard, and eventually, improbably, ending up in a Paris museum,” Owens writes in the show notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025
"So I'm sitting there, minding my own business. They invite me into this Signal chat and now they're attacking me as a sleaze bag, I don't even get it."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025
I always knew ReelTok was sleazy, but this is a whole new level of sleaze.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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