boodle

[ bood-l ]
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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, especially money: He's worth a boodle.

  1. a bribe or other illicit payment, especially to or from a politician; graft.

  2. stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.

verb (used without object),boo·dled, boo·dling.
  1. to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.

Idioms about boodle

  1. kit and boodle. kit1 (def. 10).

Origin of boodle

1
1615–25, Americanism;<Dutch boedel property

Other words from boodle

  • boodler, noun

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How to use boodle in a sentence

  • Beside her, curled up in a ball, lay her Pekinese dog, Pinky-Boodles.

    The Girl on the Boat | Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • A sane person would have allowed Boodles to share the fate of many illegitimate children.

    Furze the Cruel | John Trevena
  • Boodles knew how to make, not only a shilling, but even the necessary penny go all the way.

    Furze the Cruel | John Trevena
  • The same soft word, which Thomasine made a dissyllable, and Boodles sang as an anthem, followed.

    Furze the Cruel | John Trevena
  • Boodles knew a good deal for seventeen; but Nature and Dartmoor had taught her more than the school-mistress.

    Furze the Cruel | John Trevena

British Dictionary definitions for boodle

boodle

/ (ˈbuːdəl) slang /


noun
  1. money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe

  2. mainly US another word for caboodle

verb
  1. to give or receive money corruptly or illegally

Origin of boodle

1
C19: from Dutch boedel all one's possessions, from Old Frisian bōdel movable goods, inheritance; see caboodle

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