Dictionary entry

Sleaze

Pronunciation: /sliːz/

Pronunciation

/sliːz/

Myanmar Meaning

ညစ်ပတ်ပေရေခြင်း။

Definition

sleaze /sli:z/ n ၁။ [U] ညစ္တီးညစ္ပတ္ကိစၥ။ the city's growing reputation for sleaze. ၂။ [C usu sing ] စာရိတၱျခစားမႈ။

Examples

  1. ‘But behind the make-up was a hotbed of corruption
  2. violence
  3. sleaze and racism that ruled the streets of Shanghai.’
  4. ‘We've had 20 high-profile years of corruption
  5. mismanagement
  6. sleaze and notoriety.’
  7. ‘These upper reaches of the music industry suffer a reputation for sleaze and dishonesty
  8. but Hawley offers another perspective on the matter.’
  9. ‘Stories are increasingly about scandal
  10. sleaze and misconduct.’
  11. ‘And as for sleaze or corruption
  12. what I'd like to know is: where are they?’
  13. ‘Even worse for John
  14. his tenure as PM had been marked by treachery and sleaze.’
  15. ‘‘Give politicians control of banks
  16. and you have a recipe for sleaze and corruption
  17. ’ says one.’
  18. ‘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.’
  19. ‘Scandals concerning sleaze and corruption have a long history within British politics and have periodically come to the attention of the public.’
  20. ‘O'Brien wrote of sleaze and corruption and a ‘boyish-looking’ opposition leader.’
  21. ‘Sleaze or no sleaze
  22. Labour never looked like losing.’
  23. ‘This left us a legacy of legal straitjackets which have
  24. in their way
  25. contributed to the climate of sleaze
  26. greed and corruption which has lumbered us with costly tribunals.’
  27. ‘Under the previous Tory government
  28. it became accepted that politics was all about hypocrisy and corruption
  29. otherwise known as sleaze.’
  30. ‘And evils like corruption
  31. bribery
  32. sleaze and fraud leave an impact on young minds that yearn for an avenue to let their radical thoughts out.’
  33. ‘But we should remember that sleaze was not about actual corruption.’
  34. ‘Every day
  35. it seems there is another story about corporate sleaze
  36. fraud and robbery by senior company executives
  37. many with connections to the administration.’
  38. ‘Long-serving governments will always gain a reputation for corruption and sleaze
  39. and the Prime Minister of the day will always carry the can.’
  40. ‘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
  41. corruption and its anti-democratic practices.’
  42. ‘Despite the unresolved allegations of sleaze and corruption
  43. it is a matter of conviction to this writer that the bulk of our politicians are decent and well-intentioned.’
  44. ‘And now the fall-out from that baptism of fire for the new ruling group has begun
  45. with allegations of sleaze
  46. bribery and illegal voting.’