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Example sentences for: venal

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Western help also cushions venal Third World governments from the consequences of their own actions--or enables them to pursue destructive policies.
(The black carpetbaggers, who ruled parts of the South following the Civil War, were sincere democrats, he proved, not venal dictators.)
In that sense, News Corp. or Disney--which owns the Angels--could hardly be more venal or short-term in focus than the current crop of owners.
Reviewers especially like Matt Damon, who plays an idealist lawyer taking on a venal insurance company, and also praise co-stars Danny DeVito and Claire Danes.
For years it has been an American article of faith--as cherished as our belief in free enterprise--that politicians are corrupt, venal, and incompetent: This was established by Watergate, left unshaken by Jimmy Carter, and reinforced by Iran-Contra.