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
To the extent that the effects are felt on those individuals’ bank accounts, these actors can typically find ways to navigate around the harshest of punishments and keep the boodle flowing.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2021
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
Laura Marston, a 38-year-old Type 1 diabetic, does not want to see the ADA get a dime of bailout boodle.
—Audrey Farley, The New Republic, 14 May 2020
But instead of plopping his funds in Manhattan high-rises or Miami beach-fronts, Kolomoisky’s network tried a different tack, opting to stuff his boodle in metallurgy plants across the Rust Belt, and buildings in downtown Cleveland.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2019
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
To the extent that the effects are felt on those individuals’ bank accounts, these actors can typically find ways to navigate around the harshest of punishments and keep the boodle flowing.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2021
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
Laura Marston, a 38-year-old Type 1 diabetic, does not want to see the ADA get a dime of bailout boodle.
—Audrey Farley, The New Republic, 14 May 2020
But instead of plopping his funds in Manhattan high-rises or Miami beach-fronts, Kolomoisky’s network tried a different tack, opting to stuff his boodle in metallurgy plants across the Rust Belt, and buildings in downtown Cleveland.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2019
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
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Aug. 2025
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To begin with, all of them clustered together in a single block, although there were three distinct groupings within that block.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Still, Wall Street really doesn’t like this stock—a massive change of fortune to a stock that over the past decade has been among both the sector’s biggest success stories and its biggest flops.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Junior Bridgeman had a $1.4 billion fortune at the time of his death in March.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Do’s defense attorneys agreed on the amount the former supervisor took in bribes, but said the restitution should be reduced by about $66,000 for work his daughter did with Viet America Society.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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Highlighting attention to political corruption was the Abscam sting, in which officials offered bribes to bureau employees posing as Middle Eastern businessmen.—
Douglass K. Daniel,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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The organization’s data showed that drowning rates are rising too, with already at-risk groups like young children and seniors of all races and ethnicities, as well as Black people of all ages, seeing the greatest increase in deaths.—
Sophie Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Air Canada is also a member of the Star Alliance, a group of 25 international airlines that coordinate with each other on connecting flights and services.—
Matthew Rehbein,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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But arguably the biggest change will come Aug. 21, when ESPN and Fox each launch their new streaming services, and bring their NFL games to streaming outside of the pay-TV bundle for the first time.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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Customers will still be able to subscribe to Hulu’s content—ranging from originals and network hits to live TV—either independently or as part of a bundle with Disney+ and ESPN+.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
12 Aug. 2025
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The flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base carried another batch of Starlink optimized V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Swift’s tease of a new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, is enough to send a batch of her albums back up Australia’s chart.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, facility residents told Louisville Metro Council members about mold, vermin, piles of trash and safety concerns at the complex, The Courier Journal reported.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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Which players deserve to be on the scrap pile after one game?—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Quinnipiac University Poll 37% approve 55% disapprove Quinnipiac University's most recent polling has the lowest approval rating for the Republican president among the bunch, slipping three points since its last survey conducted in mid-July.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Over 100 cities reportedly offered themselves up through a formal bidding process, and the finalists that emerged were an eclectic bunch: Atlanta, Boulder, Cincinnati, Louisville, Santa Fe, plus the existing Park City that newly bundled itself with nearby Salt Lake City.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Boodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boodle. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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