trampy

adjective

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. skanky
  3. slutty
  4. perverted
  5. sluttish
  6. sleazy
Adjective
  • The duo and two others, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat, were hit with the worst charges — felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, and other related offenses.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Agostino Abbatiello, Thomas Robinson, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat are facing several felony charges, including corrupt organizations, conspiracy and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • My first outfit was from Le Chateau, a skanky bathing suit and a weird top.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Definition of skanky
Adjective
  • Deploying a top-notch slutty house-meets-electro record is one of the canniest moves he’s ever made.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
  • The community of backpackers moving through the Chinese hostels had the values of a slutty, hippie utopia.
    — Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of slutty
Adjective
  • Tracy Letts plays her perverted husband, while Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage and Riley Keough star as her very messed up children, and Elle Fanning is Bell’s paramour.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • The gravity of the crimes was made apparent not just in the details provided in court documents but by how family members of children at the daycare reacted when the perverted duo appeared in court for their arraignments.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026
Definition of perverted
Adjective
  • There is nothing quite so sluttish, apparently, as a lustful pistil.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of sluttish
Adjective
  • La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Terry is a successful and sleazy Hollywood producer whose sexuality is a bit of an open secret, as is his predilection for younger men.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of sleazy
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“Trampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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