boodling

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Verb

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boodling

  1. present participle and gerund of boodle

Noun

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boodling (countable and uncountable, plural boodlings)

  1. (US, informal, dated) political corruption involving money; bribery
    • 2009 April 22, Jim Dwyer, “When the City Held Pirates in High Regard”, in New York Times[1]:
      “This boodling was worth a hundred thousand pounds a year to the city,” they wrote.

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