Venal

Adjective

 * 1) venous; pertaining to veins

Adjective

 * 1) (of an object or position) for sale, available for a price
 * 2) (of a person) willing to take bribes
 * 3) (of behaviour etc) corrupt, mercenary
 * 4) * 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.

Synonyms

 * purchasable
 * crooked

Antonyms

 * straight, honest, uncorrupt

Related terms

 * venally

Thesaurus
a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, approachable, avaricious, avid, bent, bottomless, bribable, bribeable, buyable, corrupt, corruptible, coveting, covetous, crooked, devouring, dishonorable, esurient, fixable, flagitious, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hack, hireling, hoggish, ignoble, infamous, iniquitous, insatiable, insatiate, limitless, mercenary, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, nefarious, omnivorous, on the pad, on the take, overgreedy, paid, piggish, purchasable, quenchless, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, slakeless, sordid, swinish, unappeasable, unappeased, unethical, unprincipled, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unscrupulous, unslakeable, unslaked, vicious, voracious

Etymology 1
From vena:

Etymology 2
From venal:, from  venalis:, from venum:

Adjective

 * Finnish: myytävänä
 * French:


 * Greek: παραδόπιστος
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: omkoopbaar
 * Finnish: lahjottavissa oleva, korruptoitunut
 * French:


 * Greek: αργυρώνητος, δωροδοκούμενος
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * French:
 * Greek: παραδόπιστος


 * Italian: venale
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * Alven
 * navel