boodling

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noun

political corruption involving money; bribery

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of boodle
nounboodling (countable and uncountable, plural boodlings)

plural boodlings

  1. UScountabledatedinformaluncountablepolitical corruption involving money; bribery

    “This boodling was worth a hundred thousand pounds a year to the city,” they wrote.

    2009 April 22, Jim Dwyer, “When the City Held Pirates in High Regard”, in New York Times

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APA

boodling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boodling

MLA

“boodling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boodling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boodling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boodling.

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