Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | venal |
| hollanti | omkoopbaar |
| italia | venale |
| kreikka | αργυρώνητος (argyrónitos), δωροδοκούμενος (dorodokoúmenos), παραδόπιστος (paradópistos) |
| latina | venalis, venale, vēnālis, nummārius |
| ranska | vénal |
| ruotsi | mutbar, korrumperad |
| suomi | myytävänä, ostettavissa oleva, korruptoitunut, lahjottava, lahjottavissa oleva, voitonhimoinen |
| venäjä | продажный (prodažnyi) |
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- (rare, archaic) Venous; pertaining to veins.
- (archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
- Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
- Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
- (of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.
Esimerkit
- Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.
- Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, (...) as those who have lately figured on the political stage.
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