Word of the Day – Venal / Venality

• Noun:  Venal

1. capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration: purchasable; especially : open to corrupt influence and especially bribery : mercenary <a venal legislator>.
2. originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery <a venal arrangement with the police>

• Noun: Venality

1. The condition of being susceptible to bribery or corruption.
2. The use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
3. is a vice associated with being bribable or of selling one’s services or power, especially when one should act justly instead. In its most recognizable form, dishonesty, venality causes people to lie and steal for their personal advantage, and is related to bribery and nepotism, among other vices

•   Synonyms:

1. dishonesty
2. sordidness
3. vendibility
4. breach of trust
5. bribery
6. fraud
7. graft
8. profiteering

• Usage:

1. “One of the things you learn as a journalist is that when there’s no accountability, we humans are capable of tremendous avarice and venality.” ~ Nicholas Kristof

• Encountered:

1. New York Times editorial

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