boodles

noun

plural of boodle
1
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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2
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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  1. groups
  2. bribes
  3. batches
  4. groupings
  5. lots
  6. clusters
  7. bands
Noun
  • Democratic groups are spending a lot on Turek as well, identifying his race as a top pickup opportunity in a cycle where Democrats need to net four Senate seats to retake the majority.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Marshall and Hamilton campaigns and the outside groups spending big to influence the race have attempted to define the candidates for voters in vitriolic attack ads.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of groups
Noun
  • The state attorney general was accused of accepting bribes and abusing his office to help a political donor whom the FBI was investigating.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors accused Smith and at least 26 other named defendants of wagering millions of dollars and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to players in bribes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of bribes
Noun
  • But Cuban and chief executive officer Alex Oshmyansky say their plant has the ability to quickly pivot between small batches of different drugs that could be useful for making experimental treatments for individuals or tiny groups of patients.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Remove the cassava fries from the freezer and, working in batches, carefully drop the fries into the oil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of batches
Noun
  • In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, of the 105 political parties and groupings qualified to participate, only 33 had successfully submitted their membership lists.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of groupings
Noun
  • The neighborhood itself, full of wide, browning lawns and empty lots, is called the Boneyard.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • People started lining up pre-dawn to find a place in the Breakfast Club, the morning drinking gameday den at The Upstairs Pub, and the tailgating lots were full despite the noon kickoff.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of lots
Noun
  • The Milky Way runs straight through it, bringing with it three bright open star clusters — M36, M37 and M38.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Inspired by the rounded shapes of water droplets, the 22-piece collection features clusters of natural diamonds in varying sizes, set across sculptural surfaces of 14-karat yellow gold.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of clusters
Noun
  • There's no immediate word on what the team will be called or how the schools' cheer teams and pep bands will be affected.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Contrary to how journalists covered it, the first wave of punk bands are very, very good musicians who played folk songs or in pub rock bands five nights a week over and over and over again.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bands
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