Venal:
- willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
a venal judge.- able to be purchased, as by a bribe:
venal acquittals.- associated with or characterized by bribery:
a venal administration; venal agreements. [Dictionary.com]
Noted in “Appoint Martha McSally to John McCain’s seat? No freakin’ way,” E. J. Montini, AZ Central:
We are accustomed to Trump’s venal behavior. We don’t expect anything else.
But McSally chose to mimic the president rather than mention McCain, who gave so much of his life to the country. For that she got the vote of Trump supporters – who often and loudly expressed their contempt for McCain – but that does not mean she should inherit McCain’s seat.
She could make a run at that seat in two years, when it comes up for election, but it should not be given to her.
