venal in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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venal [ˈvi:nəl] ADJ pej form

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The witnesses had to be protected from angry mobs, and were depicted in popular prints and pamphlets as venal, corrupt and criminal.
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The incident forces him to take on the system of venal officials and politics.
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The tyrannies of a corrupt and venal police did not help the cause at all.
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The area is poor even by local standards, while messages about politicians being corrupt and venal are more than just rhetoric.
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Though venality is generally used as a pejorative term, an individual or entity could be venal (or mercenary) and not be corrupt or unethical.
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Any tale involving aristocratic shenanigans -- certainly one as venal and violent as this -- was destined to capture public attention.
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It's hot, muggy, polluted, decentralized, venal, concretized -- everything you'd expect based on its reputation.
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And shakes corruption on her venal throne.
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In a venal system, this lands him in trouble often.
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He is separated from his venal wife and her children of whom he is only legally, not biologically, the father.
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