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countable and uncountable, plural sleazes
(uncountable) Low moral standards. quotations examples
ministerial sleaze and mendacity
2004 August 19, London Review of Books
The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.
1988 January 11, The New Yorker
(informal, countable) A person of low moral standards. quotations examples
She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.
1999, E. Brewer, Picking Up the Marbles, AuthorHouse, page 162
(informal, countable) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust. quotations examples
I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down.
1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42.
Mother, he's such a sleaze! The way he looked at you!
1996, S. Hoskinson Frommer, Buried in Quilts, Harlequin, page 64
(informal, uncountable) sleazy material examples
third-person singular simple present sleazes, present participle sleazing, simple past and past participle sleazed
To act or progress in a sleazy manner. examples
To slander. examples