salacious

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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

In his interview with the Sun, Ramsay, who was at the wedding, insisted nothing "salacious" or "inappropriate" took place.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The first reports of the crime were mostly objective — one newspaper described Short as a “beauteous 22-year-old” — but these soon devolved into salacious gutter journalism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

There has always been salacious gossip about the royal family, and misbehaving royals, but this time it felt much worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 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