oleaginous

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Ragoravich is predictably oleaginous, a man with a file cabinet full of hidden agendas, but he is charmingly persuasive, and the money has already been wired into Maggie’s account.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Already masterwork in balancing gentility with explosive rage, the actor blends the spark of a political mover with the oleaginous menace of a mob boss.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Instead, Lindsey O. Graham put the "O" in oleaginous.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2019

A goodly beaver hat with extensive brim shades the entire man from the rays which tend to liquefy the oleaginous part of him.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various