Venality

Word VENALITY
Character 8
Hyphenation ve nal i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Venality"

What do we mean by venality?

The condition of being susceptible to bribery or corruption. noun

The use of a position of trust for dishonest gain. noun

The state or character of being venal, or sordidly influenced by money or financial considerations; prostitution of talents, offices, or services for money or reward; mercenariness. noun

The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward noun

The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption noun

Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word venality. Define venality, venality synonyms, venality pronunciation, venality translation, English dictionary definition of venality.

A region of space in the MMORPG "EVE: The Second Genesis", whose alliance is notorious for getting pwnt by other factions in the game on a regular basis. Hence, when the word Venal is added to an insult, its generally referring to an extreme degree of humiliating defeat. Urban Dictionary

A They/Them Egyptian crip that looks like every person especially A boogie Without The Hoodie. his famous catchphrase is "I like boys n girls" NOTE: except when Omar is around. They/Them have a bent nose like kk's pp. BTW if I forgot to mention he finds Omar attractive and James Charles his future husband. note: Omar secretly has a crush on him, yet acts straight but wants his dick :) Urban Dictionary

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The word "venality" in example sentences

In that sense, economists as a group probably have even less credibility than politicians, as the assumption of venality is almost automatic for an economist, whereas it is suspected of pols but the latter sometimes get the benefit of doubt, specially when they are young and handsome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From this vantage point for the Democratic caucus to ostracize anyone connected to the Illinois Statehouse is the ultimate in venality and hubris. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One grieves for the good, decent and Honourable Members of Parliament - there are some - but far too many have been found out in venality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There was no such system of rotten boroughs, no such domination of a landed aristocracy, throughout the South as has been imagined, and venality, which is the disgrace of current politics, was practically unknown. ❋ Unknown (1877)

I challenge Burston to cite a single instance of my having touched on the subject of the "venality" of Israel's leaders (i.e. that they can be bought with money) in any of the hundreds of columns I have written over the past forty years, although it is a subject that Israeli columnists have had a field day with. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sorry Mark, but the only other choice was "venality" which I had no evidence for. ❋ Michael Turton (2007)

It made sense to him, he grasped the kind of venality in play here. ❋ Tiedemann, Mark W. (2000)

My conclusion, then, is that he's unconcerned about "venality" not because he likes the idea of Parliament as a microcosm of the human condition in all its flawed majesty, but simply because he thinks it doesn't matter; and indeed he confirms this a little further on, which I'll address when we get to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"venality," had quite as much to do on the part of those who wished to perpetuate the government of disloyalty, proscription, and persecution as on the part of those who desired to "render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's," and to place the Government of Massachusetts, like that of the other New England Colonies, upon the broad foundation of equal and general franchise and religious liberty. ❋ Egerton Ryerson (1842)

But 28 years have passed since he took the reins of power, and here's what the State of Illinois has to show for the reign of Madigan: a poor business climate, a reputation for political venality and a fiscal crisis at the state level. ❋ Keith Koeneman (2011)

In Russia, as the oil price rose anecdotes circulated of brazen venality among top officials, involving mind-boggling sums. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Jane Hamsher made an early call on how the WH would cave to Big Pharma and Big Insurance, and also understood early on the haplessness and venality of MA candidate Coakley. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bride Flight shows the best and worst of our celluloid heroines as nobility and venality play their usual roles. ❋ Michael Jones (2011)

The venality of the Afghan auxiliaries hired by the Americans as "beaters" to flush out bin Laden, his local contacts, the half-hearted nature of Pakistani efforts and a sense of Islamic solidarity among local people was enough to allow them to slip away to the south. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Wherever and whenever these gatherings occurred, one of the dominant themes ended up being the dangers of vaccines and the venality of the medical establishment. ❋ Seth Mnookin (2011)

I enjoyed Georgi Markov's memoir exposing the venality and boorishness of Todor Zhivkov's regime (which was, along with his radio broadcasts, to cost Markov his life), and Atanas Slavov's novel With the Precision of Bats. ❋ Tibor Fischer (2010)

While I was chairing #moralmaze last night Peter Oborne accused me and my ilk of 'venality'. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[omg] [d00d], you just [got] wtfvenalpwnt... ❋ Rawr (2004)

Venal Crip: ayy [whats good] my [sissy boy] [Omar]: i love you so much Venal Crip: "leans in closer and grabs ass" Omar: Munanyu ❋ Kkwalkhard (2021)

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