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venality::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | corruption, corruptness |
| Derivation | venal |
Examples of venality
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On the contrary, vanity more than venality was the problem at the top in Egypt.
From the newsweek.com
As the economy imploded, corruption and venality at the top got vastly worse.
From the economist.com
Not a mention of venality, obviously, or any corruption at the heart of Fifa.
From the guardian.co.uk
After all, we wouldn't want to reduce the Captain's legacy to mere venality.
From the sacbee.com
In this way at least, the Afghan leadership's venality works in our favor.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
The odds were so short that no venality, for once, infected the acclaim of the stands.
From the independent.co.uk
This typical toadyism underscores the venality and duplicity so prevalent in Sacramento.
From the ocregister.com
Nor do Coen and Chase stint on examples of Blago's incompetence, arrogance and venality.
From the nytimes.com
It is American incompetence, not French venality, that has got Paris back in the big game.
From the time.com
- Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
- (venal) corruptible: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
- Venality is a vice associated with being bribeable or of selling your services or power, especially when one should act justly instead. ...
- The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption
- (venal) venous; pertaining to veins
- (Venal) (root: sale) Purchasable like merchandise, as things not properly bought and sold; as, venal votes; ready to sell one's services or influence basely or unscrupulously; accessible to bribery; corruptly mercenary.
- (Venal) (The Summer), SPCS, 1979
- (venal) capable of betraying honor
