cesspit
US /ˈses.pɪt/
UK /ˈses.pɪt/
1.
an underground tank or pit for storing liquid waste and sewage
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The old farm house relied on a cesspit for its waste disposal.
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The smell from the overflowing cesspit was unbearable.
2.
a place characterized by filth, corruption, or moral degradation
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The city's underworld was a cesspit of crime and vice.
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He described the political system as a corrupt cesspit.