Usually means: Corruptible by money; morally degraded.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word venal:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. venal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. venal: Merriam-Webster
  3. venal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. venal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. venal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. venal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Venal, venal: Wordnik
  8. venal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. venal: Wiktionary
  10. venal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. venal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. venal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. venal: Dictionary.com
  14. venal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Venal (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Venal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. venal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. venal: Rhymezone
  19. Venal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. venal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. venal: FreeDictionary.org
  22. venal: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. venal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. venal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. venal: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. venal: A Word A Day
  2. venal: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Venal: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See venality as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (rare, archaic) Venous; pertaining to veins.
adjective:  (archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
adjective:  Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
adjective:  Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
adjective:  (of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.

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