trampy

adjective

Definition of trampynext
as in corrupt
having loose sexual morals an author who mostly wrote hard-boiled fiction about macho men and trampy women

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  1. corrupt
  2. perverted
  3. sleazy
Adjective
  • The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The cases also highlighted a broken system of police discipline that allegedly protected corrupt officers and punished those who tried to expose the corruption.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • But, even at its most perverted, Shadow of the Erdtree handles motherhood like nuclear energy.
    Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 5 July 2024
  • Otherwise, things can get dicey, spending all day filming bloodied bodies posed in perverted Biblical poses.
    William Earl, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of perverted
Adjective
  • In real life, the person convicted of financial fraud and fetishized for cutting a sleazy swath through Vice-era Brooklyn was Kari Ferrell.
    New York Times, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, what’s worse than PolitiFact’s being a willing participant in the conspiracy to hide President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline is its sleazy attempt last week to absolve itself of any wrongdoing.
    Becket Adams, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of sleazy
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