venal

venal englannista suomeksi

1. lahjottavissa oleva, lahjottavissa, korruptoitunut

1. myytävänä

2. lahjottavissa oleva, korruptoitunut

venal englanniksi

1. Venous; pertaining to veins.

2. sale|For sale; available for purchase.

(syn)

3. Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.

4. (quote-text)|title=The Great Nation|page=140|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2003

5. Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.

(ant)

6. Corrupt, mercenary.

7. 1785, ''The Times'', 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C:

Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, (..) as those who have lately figured on the political stage.

8. (l), venous

9. sale, sellable

10. (l) (gloss)

11. (l), venous (gloss)

12. related to sales, commercial

13. easily bribable, capable of selling oneself; corrupt

14. venous

15. (l), corruptible