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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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.
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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
His boodle took him to a pole barn on the edges of town, where his brother Ray was having a wedding reception.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2020
Laura Marston, a 38-year-old Type 1 diabetic, does not want to see the ADA get a dime of bailout boodle.
—Audrey Farley, The New Republic, 14 May 2020
But instead of plopping his funds in Manhattan high-rises or Miami beach-fronts, Kolomoisky’s network tried a different tack, opting to stuff his boodle in metallurgy plants across the Rust Belt, and buildings in downtown Cleveland.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2019
Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
But if the politics of 2021 is to achieve anything close to what most Americans require, the path cannot be paved with the boodle and the influence of the wealthy.
—Libby Watson, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2019
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
His boodle took him to a pole barn on the edges of town, where his brother Ray was having a wedding reception.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2020
Laura Marston, a 38-year-old Type 1 diabetic, does not want to see the ADA get a dime of bailout boodle.
—Audrey Farley, The New Republic, 14 May 2020
But instead of plopping his funds in Manhattan high-rises or Miami beach-fronts, Kolomoisky’s network tried a different tack, opting to stuff his boodle in metallurgy plants across the Rust Belt, and buildings in downtown Cleveland.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2019
Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
But if the politics of 2021 is to achieve anything close to what most Americans require, the path cannot be paved with the boodle and the influence of the wealthy.
—Libby Watson, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boodle
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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
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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
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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
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And there seems to be no way out of this world, especially as egomaniacal entrepreneurs like Musk and others fork over small pieces of their vast fortunes to buy up everything from global media to, yes, a president of the United States.—
Kara Swisher,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2025
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Porteous was convicted by the Senate in December 2010 on charges of accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury. Rep.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Public Integrity Section is responsible for bringing high profile cases against public officials who are accused of accepting bribes or flouting election laws.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025
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Before launching an influential solo career, Wheesung made his industry debut in 1999 as a member of the four-piece group A4.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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To fully outfit your sleep sanctuary, pillows, bedding, and bundles are discounted, too.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2025
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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
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Well, this hard cider kit is easy to use and makes three batches of tart, dry cider.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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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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
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