boodle
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbuːdəl/
Noun

boodle

  1. 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.
  2. (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
Synonyms
  • (money) seeSynonyms en
  • (illegally acquired money) seeSynonyms en
  • (whole collection)
Translations


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
Offline English dictionary