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sleaze noun [ sliːz ]

• immoral, sordid, and corrupt behaviour or activities.
• "political campaigns that are long on sleaze and short on substance"

sleaze verb

• behave in an immoral, corrupt, or sordid way.
• "you're the last person who has to sleaze around bars"
Origin: 1960s: back-formation from sleazy.


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