[sliːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- immoral, sordid, and corrupt behaviour or activities
(e.g: political campaigns that are long on sleaze and short on substance)

- an immoral, sordid, and corrupt person
(e.g: having failed as a leading man, he triumphs as a sleaze)


Phrases:

Origin:
1960s: back-formation from sleazy

[sliːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- behave in an immoral, corrupt, or sordid way
(e.g: you're the last person who has to sleaze around bars)


Phrases:

Origin:
1960s: back-formation from sleazy