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sleaze

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6 lettersPronunciation /sliːz/Part of speech nounSorted aeelszStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Word origin

Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth.

Used in a sentence

  • The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.
  • ministerial sleaze and mendacity
  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is facing an investigation by the Commons sleaze watchdog over a £5m (€5.7m) gift from a party donor.

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