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
For many in the troubled North African nation of some 7 million, the dams’ disintegration has become a symbol of both the dysfunction and venality of Libya’s political class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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
Taub and Sultan still make us care about Faraz and Tamar, however, and the show’s evocations of Iranian venality and nepotism and brutal Israeli realpolitik are more pointed than ever.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
The people rejoiced at the downfall of the minister, whose venality and injustice had aroused the public hatred.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
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