Noun
The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDemosthenes accused the other envoys of venality and of facilitating Philip's plans with their stance. Source: Internet
Pope Leo XIII (Motu Proprio, 4 July 1898) most solemnly decreed the abolition of all venality in the transfer or Collation of the said offices. Source: Internet
Speck, Stability and Strife: England 1714–1760 (1977) pp 206–9 In 1712, Walpole was accused of venality and corruption in the matter of two forage contracts for Scotland. Source: Internet
Soon the "good old days" of nepotism and venality were restored. Source: Internet
Talleyrand's venality was celebrated; in the tradition of the ancien régime, he expected to be paid for the state duties he performed—whether these can properly be called "bribes" is open to debate. Source: Internet
Other proposals followed with the same success: the equality of legal punishment, admission of all to public office, abolition of venality in office, The buying and selling of high office. Source: Internet