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
In Manila, Rosenthal feasts on pork sisig, shares a roadside meal with Jeepney drivers and encounters his first boodle fight on a tour of Filipino cuisine.
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Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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
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
Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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
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
Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boodle
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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An heir to the Levi jeans fortune who lives in Manhattan, Goldman largely self-funded his campaign.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Perhaps the problem arose from the extravagant expectations of American life, the sense that bad luck will always be chased by good fortune and that the poor man is merely someone who has yet to strike it rich.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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The judge who acquitted Spilotro, Cook County Criminal Court Judge Thomas Maloney, was later convicted of accepting bribes and fixing criminal cases — though Spilotro's conviction was not part of the case against Maloney.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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Kimble pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple federal offenses, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, making false claims and offering kickbacks and bribes.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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TourScoop coversguided group tours and tour operators,tour operator reviews,tour itinerary reviews andtravel gear recommendations.—
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Fascinators — those bobbing bundles often of feathers, flowers and netting perched off-center of the wearer’s head — are banned here.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Anthropic has made no secret about what was delivered as part of the service bundle and referred to it as additional capabilities.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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This batch of grants is the eighth round of the program to date.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Vulcan had previously been lined up to have already sent up its first Amazon Leo batch.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Remove brush, leaf, and firewood piles that provide shelter to animals and attract fleas.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
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Instead, the pile keeps growing and the mornings keep getting harder.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
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Take a bunch of kids who’ve never been out of East Tennessee.—
Holly Gleason,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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For the most part, the Croatia and England fans were a happy, cheerful bunch, sporting their teams colors, chanting happy tunes and enjoying the unique experience.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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“Boodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boodle. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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