sleaze /sliːz/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: sleazy ]
1 . [uncountable] immoral behaviour, especially involving sex or lies:
Many people are tired of all the sleaze on TV.
sleaze and corruption in politics
2 . ( also sleazebag , sleazebucket ) [countable] American English informal someone who behaves in an immoral or dishonest way