Englishvenal
adjective
the law courts are venal and can take decades to decide a case:
corrupt, corruptible, bribable, open to bribery, purchasable, buyable, grafting;
dishonest, fraudulent, dishonourable, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled;
mercenary, avaricious, grasping, rapacious;
informal bent, crooked, warped, shady;
rare simoniacal, simoniac.
▷antonyms honourable, honest.
| easily confused words | venal or venial? |
| See venial. | |
venal Oxford Dictionary of English