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Definition of "boodle" [boo•dle]

  • Money, especially counterfeit money. (noun)
  • Money accepted as a bribe. (noun)
  • Slang Stolen goods; swag. (noun)
  • Slang A crowd of people; caboodle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "boodle" in a sentence
  • "In the mean time the governor had heard the whisper of "boodle" -- a word of the day expressive of a corrupt legislative fund."
  • "We are now known as the boodle or boondoggle city."
  • "Leaving her, I went to our rendezvous, near Broadway and Astor place, where I found Irving, who handed me over his "boodle" (as he termed it), remarking confidentially that I was to give him on my return his share into his own hands; and, singularly enough, each of the others did precisely the same thing."