boodle

American  

[bood-l] / ˈbud l /

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.

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

4. stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.

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verb (used without object)

boodled, boodling

1. to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.

idioms

1. kit and boodle. kit.

boodle British  

/ ˈbuːdəl /

noun

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

2. another word for caboodle

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verb

1. to give or receive money corruptly or illegally

Other Word Forms

• boodler noun

Etymology

Origin of boodle

1615–25, < Dutch boedel property

Example Sentences

It costs $8.95, quite a boodle for some mashed-up fruit.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2018

So, please, don’t fall for our starry, smoggy skies and our bottomless cache of boodle and Botox.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2017

Prime Minister Razak, Najid, is rotten as twenty day squid; he puts away boodle like warm apple strudel, and operates like Cap'n Kidd.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2016

First off, I don’t like buying stocks at $500 a share even if they hold a boodle of cash on their balance sheet.

From Forbes • Sep. 17, 2013

There wasn’t one happy face ’mongst the whole boodle of’em and all their ’tention was pointed in the di-rection of the car we was in.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Related Words

• clams
• coin
• currency
• dough
• loot
• money
• moola
• swag