0 the state or quality of being venal (= willing to behave dishonestly in exchange for money): --
His best-known novel is a bitter study of the venality of the literary world.
His reputation has been defined by allegations of corruption and venality.
Without doing that, venality, patronage and the desire for appointment or otherwise will always prevail.
That as a suggestion must be born of the minds of those who are familiar with venality.
However, not all countries were guilty of the sin of venality and ill-directed aid.
Human beings did that—we cannot blame others—yet we continually blame other species for problems that are entirely created by our own selfishness and venality.
This access was meant to serve both as a useful check on corruption and venality in the administration, and also, in the right hands, as a powerful public relations gesture.
It assesses the implications of widespread venality of of®ces, as well as the real meaning of the estatuto of 1603, which formally excluded non-nobles from the city council.
It is time to return to more general analysis, for which the question of the venality of of®ces and its consequences may prove a good point of departure.
What can be said about the role venality of of®ce played in shaping this elite?
