risqué
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He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“Behind Closed Doors” was a bit risque in the country music world, but a lyric of the song is so true in what should be a transparent world, the world where taxpayer business is conducted.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2021
The lonely Baron yearns for excitement, and this his imaginative companion readily provides, one madcap or mildly risque escapade following another, culminating in the German being mistaken for a bomb-throwing anarchist.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2021
The comedian Michelle Wolf has stunned guests at a prestigious media dinner in Washington on Saturday with a risque speech that eviscerated members of Donald Trump’s administration, some of whom were in the room.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2018
In your calculation of the profits on Dutch teas, 12 pr cent. is too much to deduct for the risque of illicit trade.
From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)
