sleaze

/sliːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/sliːz/

sleaze

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> sleaze

Myanmar meaning

ညစ်ပတ်ပေရေခြင်း။

Full entry

sleaze /sli:z/ n

၁။ [U] ညစ်တီးညစ်ပတ်ကိစ္စ။ the city's growing reputation for sleaze.
၂။ [C usu sing ] စာရိတ္တခြစားမှု။

More examples

‘But behind the make-up was a hotbed of corruption, violence, sleaze and racism that ruled the streets of Shanghai.’
‘We've had 20 high-profile years of corruption, mismanagement, sleaze and notoriety.’
‘These upper reaches of the music industry suffer a reputation for sleaze and dishonesty, but Hawley offers another perspective on the matter.’
‘Stories are increasingly about scandal, sleaze and misconduct.’
‘And as for sleaze or corruption, what I'd like to know is: where are they?’
‘Even worse for John, his tenure as PM had been marked by treachery and sleaze.’
‘‘Give politicians control of banks, and you have a recipe for sleaze and corruption, ’ says one.’
‘And the plans to reduce the hours for the job by 25% will make it more difficult for her successor to conduct proper inquiries into allegations of sleaze.’
‘Scandals concerning sleaze and corruption have a long history within British politics and have periodically come to the attention of the public.’
‘O'Brien wrote of sleaze and corruption and a ‘boyish-looking’ opposition leader.’
‘Sleaze or no sleaze, Labour never looked like losing.’
‘This left us a legacy of legal straitjackets which have, in their way, contributed to the climate of sleaze, greed and corruption which has lumbered us with costly tribunals.’
‘Under the previous Tory government, it became accepted that politics was all about hypocrisy and corruption, otherwise known as sleaze.’
‘And evils like corruption, bribery, sleaze and fraud leave an impact on young minds that yearn for an avenue to let their radical thoughts out.’
‘But we should remember that sleaze was not about actual corruption.’
‘Every day, it seems there is another story about corporate sleaze, fraud and robbery by senior company executives, many with connections to the administration.’
‘Long-serving governments will always gain a reputation for corruption and sleaze, and the Prime Minister of the day will always carry the can.’
‘I have closely followed the debate on the pros and cons of the European Union and make no secret of my distress that we belong to this body of sleaze, corruption and its anti-democratic practices.’
‘Despite the unresolved allegations of sleaze and corruption, it is a matter of conviction to this writer that the bulk of our politicians are decent and well-intentioned.’
‘And now the fall-out from that baptism of fire for the new ruling group has begun, with allegations of sleaze, bribery and illegal voting.’

Synonyms

baseness, sordid details, unpleasantness, X-rating, abomination, affront, atrocity, bawdiness, bawdry, blasphemy, blight, blueness, carrion, coarseness, contamination, corruption, creep, crud, curse, defilement, degenerate, deviant, dip, dirt, dirtbag, dirtball, dirtiness, dirty name, dirty word, dishonesty, dreck, dregs, dung, epithet, evil, excrement, expletive, feces, feculence, filth, filthiness, foul matter, foul play, foulness, four-letter word, garbage, gook, grime, grossness, ground, gunk, immodesty, immorality; vulgarism, impropriety, impurity, indecency, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, lubricity, malpractice, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, oath, obscenity, offense, ordure, outrage, pervert, pig, pollution, porn, pornography, profaneness, profanity, prurience, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, refuse, ribaldry, rottenness, salacity, scandal, scatology, scum, scumbag, scurrility, scurrilousness, scuz, scuzzbag, sediment, sewage, sharp practice, shenanigans, silt, skulduggery, sleazeball, slime, slimebag, slimeball, slimebucket, slob, slop, sludge, slush, smudge, smut, smuttiness, soil, stain, suggestiveness, swearword, tarnish, trash, uncleanness, vileness, vulgarity, vulgarness, weirdo, wrong

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