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Word entry · 5 letters

venal

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"Open to bribery"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈviːnəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelnvStarts with VEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1V2E3N4A5L

Definitions

  1. capable of being corrupted

Word origin

From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • Because lips libertine and and venal had murmured such words to him, he believed but little in the candour of hers; […].
  • Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.

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