Definition of "filth"

filth

/fɪlθ/

noun
usually uncountable, plural filths
1. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
2. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
  Quotations
  Novv all theſe Precepts do not only tend to beget in us ſuch vertues and diſpoſitions, as are reaſonable and ſuitable to our nature, and every vvay for our temporal convenience and advantage; but ſuch, as do likevviſe exceedingly diſpoſe us to piety and religion, by purifying our ſouls from the droſs and filth of ſenſual delights.
  1671, John Tillotson, “Phil[ippians] iij. 8.”, in Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions, London: […] A[nne] M[axwell] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand, […], pages 190–191
3. (derogatory, uncountable) A vile or disgusting person.
  Quotations
  I think you're scum, I think you're filth. And as far as Elaine's concerned you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now.
  1963, Charles Webb, The Graduate
  They were filth, utter filth. I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her.
  2011, Jeremy Robert Hall, Summer Days
4. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.
noun
uncountable
1. (UK, derogatory, slang) The police.