English-French translation for "sordid"

sordid {adj.} (also: base, despicable, abhorrent, low-down)

Once again we are confronted with one of the most sordid aspects of contemporary society: trafficking in human beings.

Prostitution is a form of slavery which we like to make out to be exotic and romantic in order to hide its tragedy and sordidness.

A sordid little world has been built up around the Commission, where influences are traded, far away from the concerns of citizens.

In order to achieve their sordid political ambitions, they do not hesitate to resort even to unlawful action which could push our society into the abyss of chaos.

This is an example of the sordid economic reality that is reflected in the fundamentalism of our budgetary policies and in the budgetary technique of the Union’ s Financial Regulation.

Our group supports these people without papers in their fight against a government whose immigration policy has been reduced to a low-grade policing operation for sordid political ends.

This is, Mr President, the most sordid form of nationalism, and 'More Europe ' means less nationalism, both of the old style and of the new.

My supplementary question to the minister is this: Will this government show real transparency and conduct a full inquiry into this sordid scandal?

This entire matter has all the hallmarks of sordid political manipulation, with the sole aim of removing an irreproachable man from the political scene.

Tomorrow is an important day, and I sincerely hope that the Rothley report will be approved by a large majority, so that we can at last draw a line under these sordid discussions.