"venal" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective that means more specifically "corruptible", "willing to accept bribes" or "moral degeneration and shameless dishonesty". For example, "The venal politician accepted bribes in exchange for political favors."
When they came back with Patience, which began this style, they were genuinely uplifting because there was a note of humility and vulnerability – now twisted into the kind of thing to soundtrack the drive home from a successful afternoon at the SCS sale, they are among the most venal musicians in the UK.
In interviews, Simon has put his cards on the table, calling the war on drugs "a venal war on our underclass" and promising to vote to acquit any drug suspect if ever called up for jury service.
The practice, as Guardian writers have found out, can be very different; piecemeal, dilatory, bureaucratic, venal even.
National stereotyping became a European pastime: German papers castigating Greeks as tax-dodging, venal and work-shy; Greeks hitting back with Angela-Merkel-as-Adolf-Hitler posters.
Related: Fears grow over 'land grab' of NHS by private suppliers "No matter how high I set my own moral and ethical standards I could not escape the fact that I was involved in a business where the conduct of some was so venal it bordered on criminal – the greedy preying on the needy".
None the less, in the face of these latest accusations from a report originally established to investigate the openly venal and corrupt Charles J Haughey, you would think Lowry's position as a member of parliament would be untenable.
The strongest defence that his supporters can offer is that he does not mean what he says and that he expects people to ignore him: hardly the hallmark of a good president.As a result, Mr Wahid's biggest accomplishment this year has been to make Indonesia's shambolic and venal military seem patriotic.
Marina Silva, a former environment minister who came third in 2010 with 20m votes, was boosted by the protests: she is regarded as a rare principled voice in Brazil's venal political class.
Even in maddeningly ungovernable Italy, venal politicians have had a fit of conscience and sorted their mess out faster than America has.Bond spreads never blew out.
It is certainly fanciful to suggest, as conspiratorially-minded Belgraders are already doing, that Mr Djindjic's rise is part of an elaborate plot to keep the venal old system intact.Still, he will have to deal with the many former top Serbs, starting with Mr Milosevic, wanted for trial as war criminals in The Hague.
At what point do we stop rearranging the country's social fabric for the sake of a globalised elite who want to use London to educate their children and escape the predations of their own venal governments?
