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boodle

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boo⋅dle

  [bood-l] noun, verb, -dled, -dling. Slang.
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–noun
1. the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
2. a large quantity of something, esp. money: He's worth a boodle.
3. a bribe or other illicit payment, esp. to or from a politician; graft.
4. stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.
–verb (used without object)
5. to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.
—Idiom
6. kit and boodle. kit 1 (def. 10).
Origin:
1615–25, Americanism; < D boedel property

Related forms:
boodler, noun
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boo·dle   (bōōd'l)   
n.   Slang

    1. Money, especially counterfeit money.

    2. Money accepted as a bribe.

  2. Stolen goods; swag.

  3. A crowd of people; caboodle.


[Dutch boedel, estate, from Middle Dutch bōdel; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
boodle [ˈbudlæ]

  1. n.
    loot; the proceeds from a crime. (Underworld.) : All of the boodle was recovered in a suitcase.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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