venality

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More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

You perceive Hale’s true colors immediately through those associations, just as you can see Ernest’s venality through DiCaprio’s immediately recognizable brand of boyish corruptibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

There are times when I complete a cartoon and feel as if I did not quite capture the full venality of my target.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Yes, there is abundant greed and venality on Wall Street.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021

"A Parliament which has exhibited its venality so openly can have little pretension to public confidence."

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James