venal

adjective
🔊/ˈviːnl/
🔊/ˈviːnl/
(formal)
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  1. prepared to do things that are not honest or moral in return for money 贪赃枉法的;见利忘义的synonym corrupt
    • venal journalists唯利是图的记者
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘available for purchase’, referring to merchandise or a favour): from Latin venalis, from venum ‘thing for sale’.