Meanings of as venal in английском

They can be as venal, mercenary, greedy or cheating as the next person.

The generals were nearly as venal as the politicians, and Pichegru was successfully tampered with.

They are as venal as the humans they have rejected, and their power is an illusion.

Many Ukrainians are now dissatisfied with the country's entire political class, seeing it as venal and self-serving.

But she's as venal as most people.

Some might see this resolution as venal and self-serving, using a film to get oneself off the moral hook.

He would never be interested in someone as venal as Eleanor Hernandez-shewas merely a means to an end.

Assassination might become as honourable as duelling: unnatural crimes be accounted as venal as fornication is wont to be accounted.

The conservative Santos offers a clear target for Chavez, who often attacks what he terms as venal elites in his own country.

Their iron grip on food, medicine, and funds rendered them an alternative government - sometimes as venal and graft-stricken as the one they replace.