boodle

noun

ˈbü-dᵊl How to pronounce boodle (audio)
Definition of boodlenext
1
as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together

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2
as in fortune
a very large amount of money we saved a boodle by buying a house that's off the beaten path

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3
as in bribe
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing

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Recent Examples of boodle There are more critical elections and bigger prizes on which that boodle is better spent. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023 Big Labor’s coffers, where the boodle has been put to use for preferred Democrat candidates and liberal referenda. — Jack Fowler, National Review, 12 July 2022 To the extent that the effects are felt on those individuals’ bank accounts, these actors can typically find ways to navigate around the harshest of punishments and keep the boodle flowing. — Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boodle
  1. grouping
  2. fortune
  3. bribe
  4. group
  5. bundle
  6. batch
  7. pile
  8. bunch
Noun
  • Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this grouping of about 40 homes on stilts was built in the mid-1800s using wood that washed up on shore from shipwrecks.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Columbus coach Dean Evason took his top power-play unit off the ice, but his second grouping didn’t fare any better.
    — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of grouping
Noun
  • Emily has spent her entire life doing the right thing at every opportunity, and doesn’t care about fame or fortune, but just wants the human connection that comes from forming a few genuinely close relationships.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Traditionally, family offices have long been seen as the pinnacle of private investment sophistication—highly sophisticated institutional level investors, dedicated to single or small groups of ultra-high-net-worth families to manage their fortunes across generations.
    — Francois Botha, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of fortune
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  • Adams partly made good on the bribes by forcing the FDNY to disregard safety concerns and prematurely open a Midtown skyscraper housing Turkey’s consulate in time for a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the case alleges.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The bribes started at $1,000 a week in 2013 and snowballed into $10,000 bonuses and expensive gifts including an Apple MacBook, a John Deere tractor with a backhoe and loader, home bathroom fixtures and free electrical work, among other things, according to Foley’s office.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of bribe
Noun
  • The groups challenging the firings in court say that was a lie, and Judge Alsup appeared inclined to agree during a court hearing last month.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • As part of the re-boot, the group has also made some operational changes, shutting its U.S. distribution center, selling its London offices, and reducing headcount and the overall cost base.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of group
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  • According to Antenna, in the first six months, over 20% of new Max customers had subscribed to the bundle.
    — Brad Adgate, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • To fully outfit your sleep sanctuary, pillows, bedding, and bundles are discounted, too.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of bundle
Noun
  • In Sacramento, a new batch of state lawmakers, elected partly by mad-as-hell voters and unscarred by past legislative battles over permitting changes, may be newly receptive to making big changes too.
    — CalMatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Well, this hard cider kit is easy to use and makes three batches of tart, dry cider.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of batch
Noun
  • Walmart's push shows how rising geopolitical tensions are set to reshape global supply chains and pile pressure on U.S. consumers already grappling with cost-of-living stresses.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The trestle will require the installation of some 1,200 36-inch steel piles covering an area of 400,000 square feet with the top of the pile being 10 feet above the Patapsco’s mean high-water line, according to the Army Corps.
    — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of pile
Noun
  • The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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