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Easily bribed

Answer: VENAL - 5 letters

The crossword clue "Easily bribed" is answered by VENAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

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VENAL

VENAL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VENAL answer page.

12Times used
11Distinct years
2025Most recent year
8Publications

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for VENAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by VENAL, most used first.

  • Mercenary - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
  • Open to bribery - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
  • Corruptible - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
  • Corrupt - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
  • Bribable - used 11 times, most recently in 2025

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