boodle

Etymology

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle.

noun

  1. (slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
    around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
    […] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
  2. (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
    He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em January 4 1833, Jack Downing, letter to Ephraim Downing

verb

  1. (slang) To engage in bribery.

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