venal
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Tính từ
adjectiveComparative
more venal
Superlative
most venal
- 1.
(archaic, rare)Venous; pertaining to veins.
- 2.
(archaic)For sale; available for purchase.
Đồng nghĩa: purchasable
- 3.
Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
- 4.
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
Đồng nghĩa: crooked
- 5.
(of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.
Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, […] as those who have lately figured on the political stage.
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From Latin vēna (vein) -al.