You use sleaze to describe activities that you consider immoral, dishonest, or not respectable, especially in politics, business, journalism, or entertainment.
[informal, disapproval]
They have made it easy for Sven to fill his expensive boots while allowing an atmosphereof sleaze to develop.
The senator denounced the press for engaging in 'sleaze' and called the story a lie.
...porn movies and sleaze.
Synonyms: corruption, fraud, dishonesty, fiddling [informal] More Synonyms of sleaze
sleaze in British English
(sliːz)
noun informal
1.
sleaziness
2.
dishonest, disreputable, or immoral behaviour, esp of public officials or employees
political sleaze
sleaze in American English
(sliz)
noun Slang
1.
the quality or condition of being sleazy; sleaziness
2.
anything cheap, vulgar, shoddy, etc.
3.
a shady, coarse, or immoral person
: also ˈsleazeˌbag (ˈsliziˌbæg) or ˈsleazeˌball (ˈsliziˌbɔl)
Word origin
back-form. < sleazy
Synonyms of 'sleaze'
corruption, fraud, dishonesty, fiddling
More Synonyms of sleaze
In other languages
sleaze
British English: sleaze NOUN
You use sleaze to describe activities that you consider immoral, dishonest, or not respectable, especially in politics, business, journalism, or entertainment.
She claimed that an atmosphere of sleaze and corruption now surrounded the Government.
American English: sleaze
Brazilian Portuguese: degradação moral
Chinese: > 不名誉政治、商业、新闻或娱乐业中的
European Spanish: sordidez
French: corruption
German: Skandale
Italian: malcostume
Japanese: 低俗さ
Korean: 추잡함
European Portuguese: degradação moral
Latin American Spanish: sordidez
(noun)
Definition
behaviour in public life considered immoral, dishonest, or disreputable
(informal)
porn movies and sleaze
Synonyms
corruption
He faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion.
fraud
dishonesty
She accused the government of dishonesty and incompetence.
fiddling (informal)
bribery
He was jailed on charges of bribery.
extortion
venality
shady dealings (informal)
crookedness (informal)
unscrupulousness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bribery
He was jailed on charges of bribery.
Synonyms
corruption,
graft (informal),
inducement,
buying off,
payola (informal),
crookedness (informal),
palm-greasing (slang),
subornation
in the sense of crookedness
Synonyms
dishonesty,
criminality,
illegality,
craftiness,
fraudulence,
deceitfulness,
shiftiness,
unlawfulness,
dubiousness,
unscrupulousness,
improbity (formal),
shadiness (informal),
nefariousness,
corruptness,
underhandedness,
fraudulency,
knavishness,
treacherousness,
dishonourableness,
questionability,
questionableness,
unprincipledness,
unscrupulosity
in the sense of dishonesty
She accused the government of dishonesty and incompetence.