单词	venality
释义	venalve‧nal /ˈviːnl/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINvenal Origin: 1600-1700 Latin venalis, from venum ‘sale’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a venal tyrant EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Ezra can be mistaken - more thoroughly mistaken than most people - but he has never been venal. He was not to mention the matter of money to the press: that would be too venal. The law courts are venal and can take decades to decide a case. willing to use power and influence in a dishonest way in return for money:  our venal politicians—venality /viːˈnæləti/ noun [uncountable]:  His venality has discredited Parliament.
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