English

Etymology
From �sleazy�, originally used to decribe the thinness and low quality of cloth

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�z|-i�z

Noun
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1. uncountable low moral standards

#* 2004, London Review of Books, 19 Aug 2004:
#*: ministerial sleaze and mendacity
#*1988, The New Yorker, 11 Jan 1988:
#*: The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.

1. countable a person with low moral standards

Related terms
sleazebag
sleaze-merchant
sleazy

Translations
trans-top|low moral standards
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trans-top|a person with low moral standards
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ttbc|Spanish: corrupción f, las corruptelas, los chanchullos; sordidez f, cutrez f
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fr:sleaze
fi:sleaze
vi:sleaze

• 2007-12-25 15:55 - Panda10 - /* Noun */ added trans-top gloss

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