venality
The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
countable, uncountable
As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan.
1785, The Times, 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B
Where it comes from
From venal + -ity, from French vénalité or Latin vēnālitās, from vēnālis (“venal”), from vēnum; compare English vend.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry venality (CC BY-SA 4.0).