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salacious

[suh-ley-shuhs] / səˈleɪ ʃəs /


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Cipriani has fictionalized the two men’s dealings, then spread “false and salacious lies to extract a massive payday.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Although similar imagery would grace the covers of salacious pulp magazines after World War I, there was a difference between Picou’s era and that of the pulps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Fire and Fury, the first of several books spanning Trump's first stint as US president, came out in 2018, with descriptions of a dysfunctional White House and salacious details about the US commander-in-chief.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was seriously injured by a deranged man in their San Francisco home in October 2022, an event that then became the subject of salacious rumors.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

It needs to be said too what salacious nonsense it is to claim that Lord Darlington was anti-Semitic, or that he had close association with organizations like the British Union of Fascists.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro