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• s  showing a seam
• s  morally degraded
  the seamy side of life

• But the President-elect's political universe overlaps uncomfortably with the Illinois governor's seamy world of swagger, cussing and kickbacks.
• Whatever Lai's fate, his case provides an unprecedented glimpse into the often seamy and illicit web of economics and politics that defines business in China today.
• Scenes from seamy bordellos? Havens for desperate voyeurs? No, these were taxpayer-financed operations of the CIA, which was experimenting with drugs during the 1950s and '60s in .

• seedy
• sleazy
• sordid
• squalid

News & Articles

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• James Franco shooting film in Winston-Salem
  Actor-director James Franco is shooting "The Garden of Last Days" in Winston-Salem starting next month. The Winston-Salem Journal reported that an open casting call is planned Sunday. The film is based on the bestselling book by Andre Dubus III, who also wrote "House of Sand and Fog."  The film is described as a contemporary thriller set in the seamy underside of American life. Filming is ...
  June 26, 2013 - WSOC-TV Charlotte
• Weed Man vs. Beer Man: Epic Times Square Panhandling Battle Ends In Bloodshed
  The creepiest place on earth. (Flickr) Times Square may be a shining, slightly nauseating beacon of tourist activity and overpriced Mister Softee cones , but New Yorkers know that it still thrums with the bizarre and seamy elements that made it the place to not be in the 70s and 80s. Case in point: The New York Times reported today that a clash between the “Weed Man In a Box” (a man who wears a ...
  June 25, 2013 - The New York Observer
• FEEL THE STEAM IN ION THEATRE’S ‘HEAT OF THE NIGHT’
  As a black cop caught up in the seamy business of a bigoted Alabama town, Virgil Tibbs is a cool customer amid all the swelter and secrets.
  June 24, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Allan Lichtman in Reuters
  This would be the seamy side of democracy, the lobbying and the money would be so intense,said American University history professor Allan Lichtman.
• Maureen Dowd in Dallas Morning News
  Bill's transition from elder statesman, leader of his party and bipartisan ambassador to ward heeler and hatchet man has been seamless - and seamy,The New York Times' Maureen Dowd writes.
• Paul Petersen in ABC News
  A child was engaged in seamy portrayals for commercial purposes,Petersen said. "There is no legal authority for anyone to subject a child to this."