BOODLES Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

boodles

noun

plural of boodle

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together

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as in bribes

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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Noun

For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The $177 billion finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of groups

Noun

Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has become central to a local corruption scandal, due to the conduct of civil servants who allegedly accepted bribes to grant exorbitant construction contracts for public work.

— News Desk, Artforum, 31 Aug. 2026
In another scheme, former Commerce City Manager Edgar Pascual Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for another marijuana company and was promised $235,000 as part of the deal, prosecutors said.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bribes

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What the company is doing is buying batches of stock, creating a tokenized version of each share, and then offering contracts that provide customers with a financial claim on those tokens.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
The type of salt always matters, but especially so in large batches.

— Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of batches

Noun

Sadiq, with his versatility, is the key that unlocks those groupings.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Many of these countries were British colonies, some of which were also once part of British West Africa or British East Africa administrative groupings.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of groupings

Noun

Some bands with a four-decade career would be disappointed by the turnout, or by the realization that many fans not wearing Maiden shirts are dressed in Megadeth merch.

— Jon Wiederhorn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Last year, immigration raids and tariffs hung over the celebration causing the event and mas bands to make adjustments.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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