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venal
adjective as in bribable, corruptible
Example Sentences
But this wild and terrible tale of crime and power, pitting devastated Jewish parents against the venal might of unyielding papal law, is entirely its own emotional minefield.
It is clear Congress will need to step in now to reign in your venal rogues since you apparently will not.
We are everything everyone says we are – venal, shallow, incredibly ignorant, self-effacing, smug, arrogant and often wrong.
The only religion he's ever known has been Norman Vincent Peale's Prosperity Gospel, which is itself a venal, disgusting twisting cooked up to serve the wealthy and punish the poor.
Santos incarnates its venal and ridiculous side, the part rooted in reality TV and get-rich-quick schemes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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