{"id":18289,"date":"2018-11-14T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T14:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2018-11-14T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T14:51:58","slug":"word-of-the-day-422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/11\/14\/word-of-the-day-422\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venal<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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  1. willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
    \na venal judge.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. able to be purchased, as by a bribe:
    \nvenal acquittals<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. associated with or characterized by bribery:
    \na venal administration; venal agreements.<\/em> [Dictionary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Noted in “Appoint Martha McSally to John McCain\u2019s seat? No freakin\u2019 way<\/em><\/a>,” E. J. Montini, AZ Central<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

    We are accustomed to Trump’s venal behavior. We don\u2019t expect anything else.<\/p>\n

    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 \u2013 who often and loudly expressed their contempt for McCain \u2013 but that does not mean she should inherit McCain\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n

    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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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\u2019s seat? \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18290,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions\/18290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}