venality
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
venalities
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
1785, The Times, 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan.
Nguồn gốc từ
From venal + -ity, from French vénalité or Latin vēnālitās, from vēnālis (venal), from vēnum; compare vend.