1. a covered pit for receiving sewage or waste water
2. a place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The old house had a cesspool instead of a connection to the city sewer system.
• Health inspectors condemned the leaking cesspool behind the restaurant.
• The politician called the corrupt city hall a cesspool of greed and dishonesty.
• Online forums can become cesspools of hate and misinformation.
• The cesspool needed to be pumped out every few years.
• She described the nightclub as a cesspool of vice and criminal activity.