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venal

[veen-l] / ˈvin l /


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They are highlights from a new Chinese television series about official corruption and loose living that is best described as “Lifestyles of the Venal and Disgraced.”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016

Black sores well up on pink petals, and in his 2012 sculpture The Venal Muse: Fenside, orchidean blooms have turned into gory pustulating columns of suppurating flesh.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013

Venal owners and petulant players in the majors should take note.

From Time Magazine Archive

Venal Lame Duck Rowbottom refused to say anything about the case when he posted $10,000 bond and was released pending organization of a Federal Grand Jury.

From Time Magazine Archive

Venal local officials sought to devour the Osage’s fortunes.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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