🛒 Able to buy 💰 Open to bribery

purchasable

8.0

Can be bought with money in a dishonest way

adjective
/ˈpɜrʧəsəbl/

: corruptible

She realized that in this industry, loyalty was often purchasable, depending on who offered the biggest sum.

Examples

The world and its leaders, including those of the USA, are all as purchasable as postage stamps or toilet paper.

Blog text (6)
The politician's stance on the issue made many believe he was purchasable with the right financial incentives.
In a corrupt system, public officials can become purchasable, swayed by bribes rather than public interest.

Synonyms

venal

vspurchasable

Formal

9 9.1

Willing to take money to do illegal or dishonest things

is more about being open to purchase rather than habitual dishonesty

corruptible

vspurchasable

4 7.0

Easily persuaded to do dishonest or wrong things

is specific to being bought for gain rather than general weakness

bribable

vspurchasable

1 7.9

Willing to take money to do something dishonest

is susceptible to being bought for an office honor or position

Antonyms

honorable

253 3.7

A person who behaves in a morally good way and deserves respect

incorruptible

8 7.3

An honest person or group that does not accept bribes

How Corruptible

venal

Formal

9 9.1

corrupt

291 4.4

purchasable

8.0

susceptible

79 5.5

honest

∞ 1.0

incorruptible

8 7.3

Surface Forms

purchasable positive

Morphology

purchasable = purchase (semi-transparent) = purchase + able

Formally derived from 'purchase' + '-able', but the sense 'susceptible to being bribed' is a figurative extension of 'able to be bought'.

Etymology

The word purchasable comes from purchase ('buy') and the ending -able ('can be'). In this sense, it means someone or something that 'can be bought' in a bad way, for example a person open to bribes or corruption.