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venality

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ve·nal·i·ty  (v-nl-t)
n. pl. ve·nal·i·ties
1. The condition of being susceptible to bribery or corruption.
2. The use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
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Noun1.venality - prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
corruption, corruptness - lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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This peculiar felicity of situation has, in a great degree, contributed to preserve the liberty which that country to this day enjoys, in spite of the prevalent venality and corruption.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The doctor's alarms, his unscrupulous venality, the simulated illness, my own dismissal, each fitted in its obvious place, and not even the last had power as yet to mar my joy in the one central fact to which all the rest were as tapers to the sun.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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