Definitions for venal

venal ve·nal

Spelling: [veen-l]
IPA: /ˈvin l/

Venal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in venal (aelnv).

Definitions for venal

adjective

  1. willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
  2. able to be purchased, as by a bribe:
  3. associated with or characterized by bribery:

Origin of venal

1645-55; Latin vēnālis, equivalent to vēn(um) (accusative) for sale (cf. vend) + -ālis -al1

Examples for venal

This man was the Tweed of Mexico, and one of the most venal officials ever trusted by the people.

And the venal English press which conceals the fact, what shall be said of it?

Decadent, venal, ineffective, stratified, anxiety-ridden, stumbling from one declared crisis to the next—who wants that?

On the Daily Show, Gates piled on, calling Congress “venal and small.”

Only someone working for the “venal Perverted West” would question it.

Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill;— I wished the man a dinner, and sat still.

The fate of the children of venal concubines is generally very sad.

For there to be any chance, all parties have to stop the venal and viral vitriol.

The stereotypical congressperson is venal, petty, self-interested, and oblivious to the consequences of his or her actions.

They were so venal, too, that they aided the enemy rather than us by their movements.

Word Value for venal
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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