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boodle

noun
/ˈbuːdəl/

Etymology

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).

  1. borrowed from boedel

Definitions

  1. Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly

    Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.

    • He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
    • “The boodle. The reward. The £500. The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me.
    • […] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.

  2. The whole collection or lot

    The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

    • He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em

  3. Candy and snacks.

    • Send the first boodle in an airtight container so that there is a place for the storage of future packages […] Suggestions for Boodle: cookies, candy, individual packets of drink mixes (sugar-free), raisins, nuts, gum.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To engage in bribery.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boodle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA