venality in the PONS Dictionary

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And they enjoy little public confidence amid widespread allegations of venality.
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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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The public regarded this as the height of venality and cynicism.
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Their venality and short-sightedness is now costing households millions of euro every year.
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The idea of that level of venality coexisting with actual competence is purely terrifying.
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For the most part, though, the anti-nuclear movement is depicted as motivated by genuine angst rather than venality.
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Such a stance against the city allows just one explanation: corruption and venality of the defendant.
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It is the story of a sustained and wholesale attack on human values, of great suffering, venality and violence.
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Boasting that he would put an end to barratry, ironically he became famous for his venality.
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The prophetic voice must restore and sense of duty and virtue amidst the decay of venality.
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