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

Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Armed groups, known as bandits in Nigeria, regularly carry out raids and kidnappings for ransom in the northwest and north-central parts of the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

Noun

Other businesses in economic sectors such as health, infrastructure and automobiles were forced to pay bribes and fees to companies linked to Khamenei and his family to continue to operate.

— Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Federal prosecutors have long claimed that Thao accepted bribes from Andy Duong and his father, David, including political favors and $95,000 toward a $300,000 no-show job for Jones.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Definition of bribes

Noun

Working in batches if needed, place sliders in air-fryer basket (do not overcrowd).

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
An undercover officer had bought three batches of seven grams of psilocybin mushrooms and two-gram marijuana vapes from Michael Antonio Kuester between April and June.

— Julia Coin Updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of batches

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If the council approves the item, the property will officially be split into three residential lots.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
That would push the number of spaces operated by Bradley from its current 7,900 to nearly 9,500, spread across a garage and surface lots.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of lots

Noun

The body of the black-and-yellow mangrove snake is uniformly black or black above and bluish below, with transverse yellow bands circling its entire length.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
Long horizontal lines and bands of glazing run from the near-vertical bow to the cascading aft decks, giving the vessel a sense of movement even at rest.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026

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