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

HBO’s “The Franchise” strives to work all the silliness and venality we’ve come to expect into an up-to-the-minute spoof of superhero IP-making.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

Landlords are opposed to this and other measures and not out of venality.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

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

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021

The people rejoiced at the downfall of the minister, whose venality and injustice had aroused the public hatred.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred