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

But the network intends to try by sliding another of its oleaginous dollops, Jesse Watters, into the 8 p.m. time slot once filled by "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

Online sales minimized interactions with oleaginous salesmen and added price transparency, which did away with the haggling.

From Slate • May 30, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

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