Sentence:  Was it not that I was nauseated by our richest men? By the convicts of riches, who pick up their advantage out of any rubbish, with cold eyes, lewd thoughts; by this rabble that <WSD>stinks to high heaven</WSD>; by this gilded, false mob whose fathers have been pickpockets or carrion birds or ragpickers— [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of a person or situation: to be highly ethically dubious; also, of a person: to be very incompetent.