oleaginous

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Last night he suggested in his usual oleaginous way that mean people on Twitter are worse than a dictator who poisons and imprisons his political adversaries.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2022

But she is conflicted about Rumsfeld, who comes off as both an oleaginous creep and a master political schemer.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2019

Their skins are tanned; the grease of the mare’s body is used for light, and for many oleaginous purposes.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various