venal

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venal

korruptoitunut, turmeltunut, lahjottavissa oleva, lahjottavissa, epärehellinen, ostettavissa oleva, ostettavissa.

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pascal, rial, trial, sial, kajal, sammal, laakasammal, rahkasammal, nukkasammal, maksasammal...

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Englannin sanakirja

venal (englanti > suomi)

1. myytävänä

2. lahjottavissa oleva, korruptoitunut

venal englanniksi

1. venous; pertaining to veins

2. puhekieltä for sale|For sale; available for purchase.

3. Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.

4. 2002, (w), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 140:

Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.

5. Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.

6. puhekieltä corrupt Corrupt, mercenary.

7. 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.

8. venous

9. (l), corruptible

10. sellable

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