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View definitions for venality

venality

noun as in corruptness

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But mostly, he sees Trump as an appreciative vessel for his lessons in venality.

All these criminal trials are going to merge into one long continuous criminal trial, just on different charges but basically telling the same story of corruption and venality.

From Salon

In allowing Lira to continue practicing while awaiting trial, Wang cited some 99 character letters submitted by “faith leaders, clients, fellow lawyers … former colleagues, retired judges, neighbors, family and friends” as well as “a lack of venality” in lies Lira told clients about when they would be paid.

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.

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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