Venality
WordNet
noun
(1) Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From French vénalité or Latin venalitas, from venalis ‘venal’.
Noun
- the fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption
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- 1785: As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan. — The Times, 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B
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