as in desire
sexual appetite
a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for women
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Noun
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Prosecutors claimed the killings were driven by the brothers’ desire for a multi-million dollar inheritance.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025 -
One which has surrendered the desire for tidy endings, resuming my commitment to speak, and resist.—
Sarah Aziza,
People.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The Savage brothers ultimately pursued other passions beyond acting, with Fred working extensively as a TV director and Ben getting into Los Angeles politics.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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However, that jolt of youth culture and passion for music didn’t translate with their neighbors.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The true villain is Herod, who, in his hypocritical mixture of slobbering lust and grandstanding moralism, is a model man of power.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Watch the trailer: Linklater shoots all over Paris on the same locations Godard used, setting up familiar scenes from the movie but showing the freedom and lust for cinema that defined the New Wave and Godard’s assured but revolutionary style.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges.—
Terrance Hayes,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2019
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Men who preyed on younger women were called letches, cradle-robbers, dogs.—
Jill Ciment,
Harper's magazine,
10 June 2019
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“Lech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lech. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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