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venal adjective avaricious, bribable, corrupt, dishonorable, extortionate, grasping, greedy, nummarius, purchasable, self-seeking, venalis See also: bad, blameful, blameworthy, lawless, machiavellian, mercenary, offensive, penurious, unjust VENAL. Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The new wave of import architecture is a matter of culture and commerce, with US clients more ready to look to the wider world of architecture to find the best talent for building and the site, possibly because they think they are more likely to get the unexpected from overseas designers (the shock of the exotic) or, more venally, that somehow regulatory authorities will be more lenient with guys who just don't understand the local rules. It is in the schools and from the mass media," wrote Goodman, "that the mass of our citizens in all classes learn that life is inevitably routine, depersonalized, venally graded. It is the only method by which we jettisoned a venally corrupt governor just two years ago. |
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